Intel Xeon Silver 4112 vs AMD Opteron 6366 HE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4112 and AMD Opteron 6366 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 4112

AMD Opteron 6366 HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4112

Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 65°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1751 vs 1167
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12287 vs 10265

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	76°C vs 65°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1751 vs 1167
PassMark - CPU mark	12287 vs 10265

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6366 HE

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4112
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6366 HE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1751

1167

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12287

10265

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4112	AMD Opteron 6366 HE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1751	1167
PassMark - CPU mark	12287	10265
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	765
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3218

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4112	AMD Opteron 6366 HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	Q3'17	November 2012
Place in performance rating	1651	1783
Processor Number	4112
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6366VATGGHK
Price now		$199.99
Value for money (0-100)		11.05
Performance
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	76°C	65°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.1 GHz
Number of cores	4	16
Number of threads	8	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		768 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	1800 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	85 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™)