Intel Xeon Gold 6154 vs AMD Opteron 4386

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6154 and AMD Opteron 4386 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon Gold 6154

AMD Opteron 4386

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6154

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
28 more threads: 36 vs 8
Around 16% higher maximum core temperature: 82°C vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
4.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2190 vs 494
9.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 49692 vs 5419

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 8
Number of threads	36 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	82°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core) vs 8 MB
L3 cache	25344 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2190 vs 494
PassMark - CPU mark	49692 vs 5419

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4386

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 200 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6154
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4386

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2190

494

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

49692

5419

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6154	AMD Opteron 4386
PassMark - Single thread mark	2190	494
PassMark - CPU mark	49692	5419
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	4419
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	36691

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6154	AMD Opteron 4386
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Seoul
Launch date	July 2017	n/d
Place in performance rating	24	2693
Price now	$3,809
Processor Number	6154
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	2.14
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4386WLU8KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.00 GHz	3.1 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core)	8 MB
L3 cache	25344 KB (shared)	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	82°C	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	18	8
Number of threads	36	8
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	3
Transistor count	8000 million	1200 million
Die size		315 mm
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	6
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2666 MHz	2200 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	2
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	95 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)