Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 vs AMD Opteron 4332 HE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 and AMD Opteron 4332 HE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Platinum 8170

  • 20 more cores, run more applications at once: 26 vs 6
  • 46 more threads: 52 vs 6
  • Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 89°C vs 68°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Number of cores 26 vs 6
Number of threads 52 vs 6
Maximum core temperature 89°C vs 68°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4332 HE

  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 165 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8170
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4332 HE

Name Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 AMD Opteron 4332 HE
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4221
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 33793
PassMark - Single thread mark 1285
PassMark - CPU mark 5614

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 AMD Opteron 4332 HE

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Seoul
Launch date Q3'17 n/d
Place in performance rating 4 1728
Processor Number 8170
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4332OFU6KHK

Performance

Base frequency 2.10 GHz 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 89°C 68°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 26 6
Number of threads 52 6
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
64 bit support
Die size 315 mm
L1 cache 288 KB
L2 cache 6 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Transistor count 1200 million
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Memory

Max memory channels 6
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability S8S

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® 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)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

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™)