Xeon Gold 5515 vs Opteron 8210 EE

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 8210 EE and Xeon Gold 5515 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Santa Rosa (2006−2007)	no data
Release date	15 August 2006 (18 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Opteron 8210 EE and Xeon Gold 5515 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	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	no data	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	no data	22.5 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	235 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	76 °C
Number of transistors	227 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 8210 EE and Xeon Gold 5515 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	2	no data
Socket	F	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 8210 EE and Xeon Gold 5515. 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	-	+
PowerNow	+	-
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Opteron 8210 EE and Xeon Gold 5515 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 8210 EE and Xeon Gold 5515 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 8210 EE and Xeon Gold 5515. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	no data	4 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 8210 EE and Xeon Gold 5515.

PCIe version	1.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 August 2006	1 October 2023
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	165 Watt

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