Intel Xeon Silver 4108 vs AMD Opteron 3350 HE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4108 and AMD Opteron 3350 HE 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 Silver 4108

AMD Opteron 3350 HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4108

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 69.10°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1630 vs 1263
3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15718 vs 4009

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	77°C vs 69.10°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1630 vs 1263
PassMark - CPU mark	15718 vs 4009

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3350 HE

Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 85 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4108
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3350 HE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1630

1263

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

15718

4009

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4108	AMD Opteron 3350 HE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1630	1263
PassMark - CPU mark	15718	4009
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	704
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	4727

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4108	AMD Opteron 3350 HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Delhi
Launch date	Q3'17	n/d
Place in performance rating	1517	1807
Processor Number	4108
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS3350HOW4KHK
Performance
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	77°C	69.10°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of threads	16	4
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		192 KB
L2 cache		4 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Transistor count		1200 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	6
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	45 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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	1
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™)