Intel Xeon Silver 4110 vs AMD Opteron X2 875 HE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4110 and AMD Opteron X2 875 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 4110

AMD Opteron X2 875 HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4110

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
Around 36% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 90 nm

Number of cores	8 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2 875 HE

Around 55% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 85 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4110
CPU 2: AMD Opteron X2 875 HE

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4110	AMD Opteron X2 875 HE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1654
PassMark - CPU mark	17216
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	4874

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4110	AMD Opteron X2 875 HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Egypt
Launch date	Q3'17	February 2006
Place in performance rating	1596	not rated
Processor Number	4110
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Maximum core temperature	77°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	8	2
Number of threads	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
L1 cache		128 KB
L2 cache		1024 KB
Transistor count		233 million
Memory
Max memory channels	6
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	940
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	55 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		8
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
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)