Xeon Silver 4108 vs Opteron 6386 SE

Aggregate performance score

Opteron 6386 SE
2012
16 cores / 16 threads, 140 Watt
5.42
Xeon Silver 4108
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 85 Watt
5.82
+7.4%

Xeon Silver 4108 outperforms Opteron 6386 SE by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon Silver 4108 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11801134
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.456.13
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency3.536.24
Architecture codenameAbu Dhabi (2012)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date5 November 2012 (11 years ago)11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,408$417

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4108 has 1262% better value for money than Opteron 6386 SE.

Detailed specifications

Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon Silver 4108 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed2.8 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3 GHz
Multiplierno data18
L1 cache768 KB512 KB
L2 cache16 MB8 MB
L3 cache8 MB (per die)11 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Number of transistors2,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon Silver 4108 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 configuration42 (Multiprocessor)
SocketG34FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon Silver 4108. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon Silver 4108 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon Silver 4108 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon Silver 4108. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon Silver 4108.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

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. 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.

Opteron 6386 SE 5.42
Xeon Silver 4108 5.82
+7.4%

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.

Opteron 6386 SE 8291
Xeon Silver 4108 8909
+7.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.42 5.82
Recency 5 November 2012 11 July 2017
Physical cores 16 8
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 85 Watt

Opteron 6386 SE has 100% more physical cores.

Xeon Silver 4108, on the other hand, has a 7.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 64.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon Silver 4108.


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