Intel Xeon Silver 4108 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4108 and AMD Opteron 6386 SE 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 6386 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4108

Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 64.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1689 vs 1297
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15974 vs 12761

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	77°C vs 64.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1689 vs 1297
PassMark - CPU mark	15974 vs 12761

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Number of cores	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4108
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1689

1297

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

15974

12761

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4108	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1689	1297
PassMark - CPU mark	15974	12761
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	704
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	4727

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4108	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	Q3'17	November 2012
Place in performance rating	1569	1607
Processor Number	4108
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,408
OPN Tray		OS6386YETGGHK
Price now		$149.99
Value for money (0-100)		21.11
Performance
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	77°C	64.40°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	8	16
Number of threads	16	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		48 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Transistor count		2400 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	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	140 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
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™)