Opteron 6328 vs Xeon D-1548
Aggregate performance score
Xeon D-1548 outperforms Opteron 6328 by an impressive 71% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1345 | 1809 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.73 | 0.24 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon D | no data |
| Power efficiency | 4.85 | 1.11 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell (2015−2019) | Abu Dhabi (2012) |
| Release date | 1 November 2015 (9 years ago) | 5 November 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $555 | $575 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon D-1548 has 204% better value for money than Opteron 6328.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon D-1548 and Opteron 6328 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 2 MB (per module) |
| L3 cache | 1.5 MB (per core) | 8 MB (per die) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 246.24 mm2 | 2x 315 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 80 °C | 72 °C |
| Number of transistors | 3,200 million | 2,400 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon D-1548 and Opteron 6328 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 (Uniprocessor) | 4 |
| Socket | FCBGA1667 | G34 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 115 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1548 and Opteron 6328. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| GPIO | + | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon D-1548 and Opteron 6328 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1548 and Opteron 6328 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 Xeon D-1548 and Opteron 6328. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1548 and Opteron 6328.
| PCIe version | 2.0/3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 24 | no data |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 6 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | no data |
| Integrated LAN | + | no data |
| UART | + | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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 | 5.16 | 3.02 |
| Recency | 1 November 2015 | 5 November 2012 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 115 Watt |
Xeon D-1548 has a 70.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 155.6% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon D-1548 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Opteron 6328 in performance tests.
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