Xeon Gold 6348H vs Opteron 6378
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6348H outperforms Opteron 6378 by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1628 | 1620 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.40 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 3.07 | 2.17 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Abu Dhabi (2012) | Cooper Lake-SP (2021) |
| Release date | 5 November 2012 (12 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $396 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Opteron 6378 and Xeon Gold 6348H 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) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (per die) | 33 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,400 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 6378 and Xeon Gold 6348H 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 | 4 |
| Socket | G34 | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | 165 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6378 and Xeon Gold 6348H. 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 | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Opteron 6378 and Xeon Gold 6348H 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 6378 and Xeon Gold 6348H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6378 and Xeon Gold 6348H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 RDIMM |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1.12 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6378 and Xeon Gold 6348H.
| 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.66 | 3.71 |
| Recency | 5 November 2012 | 6 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 24 |
| Threads | 16 | 48 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | 165 Watt |
Opteron 6378 has 43.5% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6348H, on the other hand, has a 1.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD Opteron 6378 and Intel Xeon Gold 6348H.
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