Xeon Platinum 8470 vs Opteron 152
Primary details
Comparing Opteron 152 and Xeon Platinum 8470 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 16 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Architecture codename | Venus (2004−2005) | Sapphire Rapids |
| Release date | 2 August 2005 (18 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Current price | $31 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Opteron 152 and Xeon Platinum 8470 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 52 |
| Threads | 1 | 104 |
| Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 105 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 115 mm2 | 4x 477 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 79 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 79 °C |
| Number of transistors | 114 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 152 and Xeon Platinum 8470 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 2 |
| Socket | 939 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 104 Watt | 350 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 152 and Xeon Platinum 8470. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | no data | + |
| Status | no data | Launched |
Security technologies
Opteron 152 and Xeon Platinum 8470 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 152 and Xeon Platinum 8470 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 152 and Xeon Platinum 8470. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 | DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | no data | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 152 and Xeon Platinum 8470.
| PCIe version | no data | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 80 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Xeon Platinum 8470 outperforms Opteron 152 by 20893% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 August 2005 | 10 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 52 |
| Threads | 1 | 104 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 104 Watt | 350 Watt |
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