Intel Xeon Gold 6226 vs AMD Opteron 148

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6226 and AMD Opteron 148 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6226

  • CPU is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 11 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 1
  • Around 68% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 130 nm
  • 6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2203 vs 443
  • 81.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32062 vs 392
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 vs November 2003
Number of cores 12 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 12 MB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2203 vs 443
PassMark - CPU mark 32062 vs 392

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 148

  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 89 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6226
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 148

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2203
443
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
32062
392
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6226 AMD Opteron 148
PassMark - Single thread mark 2203 443
PassMark - CPU mark 32062 392

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6226 AMD Opteron 148

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake SledgeHammer
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 November 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $1776
Place in performance rating 650 2994
Processor Number 6226
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.70 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 1024 KB
L3 cache 19.25 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 130 nm
Maximum core temperature 86°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 12 1
Number of threads 24
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
64 bit support
Die size 193 mm
Transistor count 106 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6
Maximum memory bandwidth 131.13 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 940
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 89 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, x8, x4
Scalability 4S

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® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)