Xeon Silver 4216 vs Opteron 6278

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 6278 and Xeon Silver 4216 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	796	521
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.51	8.14
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codename	Interlagos (2011−2012)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	1 May 2012 (12 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,002
Current price	$597	$1626 (1.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4216 has 132% better value for money than Opteron 6278.

Detailed specifications

Opteron 6278 and Xeon Silver 4216 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	16	32
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB	1 MB
L2 cache	16 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (per die)	22 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	316 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	79 °C
Number of transistors	2,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6278 and Xeon Silver 4216 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	4	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	G34	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6278 and Xeon Silver 4216. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+
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	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Opteron 6278 and Xeon Silver 4216 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 6278 and Xeon Silver 4216 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6278 and Xeon Silver 4216. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	no data	1 TB
Max memory channels	no data	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6278 and Xeon Silver 4216.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Silver 4216 outperforms Opteron 6278 by 50% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.88	13.33
Recency	1 May 2012	2 April 2019
Threads	16	32
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	100 Watt

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