Intel Xeon Silver 4114 vs AMD Opteron 6348

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4114 and AMD Opteron 6348 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 4114

AMD Opteron 6348

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4114

8 more threads: 20 vs 12
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 78°C vs 70.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1665 vs 1344
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21503 vs 13470

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	20 vs 12
Maximum core temperature	78°C vs 70.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1665 vs 1344
PassMark - CPU mark	21503 vs 13470

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6348

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 10
Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Number of cores	12 vs 10
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4114
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6348

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1665

1344

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

21503

13470

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4114	AMD Opteron 6348
PassMark - Single thread mark	1665	1344
PassMark - CPU mark	21503	13470
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	675
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	5733

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4114	AMD Opteron 6348
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	Q3'17	November 2012
Place in performance rating	1396	1457
Processor Number	4114
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6348WKTCGHK
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	78°C	70.40°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	10	12
Number of threads	20	12
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		576 KB
L2 cache		12 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	115 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™)