Intel Xeon Silver 4112 vs AMD Opteron 4284

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4112 and AMD Opteron 4284 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4112

  • Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 70.50°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1749 vs 1369
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12244 vs 8560
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 76°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1749 vs 1369
PassMark - CPU mark 12244 vs 8560

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4284

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4112
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4284

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1749
1369
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12244
8560
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4112 AMD Opteron 4284
PassMark - Single thread mark 1749 1369
PassMark - CPU mark 12244 8560
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 765
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3218

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4112 AMD Opteron 4284

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake
Launch date Q3'17
Place in performance rating 1658 1647
Processor Number 4112
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4284WLU8KGU

Performance

Base frequency 2.60 GHz 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 76°C 70.50°C
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 8 8
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 8 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 6
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 95 Watt

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)