Opteron 6234 vs Xeon Silver 4215R
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4215R outperforms Opteron 6234 by a whopping 261% 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 | 1025 | 2003 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.25 | 0.21 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Silver | no data |
| Power efficiency | 6.87 | 2.15 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Interlagos (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 24 February 2020 (5 years ago) | 14 November 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $794 | $377 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Silver 4215R has 1924% better value for money than Opteron 6234.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4215R and Opteron 6234 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) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 32 | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 768 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 2 MB (per module) |
| L3 cache | 11 MB | 8 MB (per die) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 2x 315 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 79 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 69 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,400 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4215R and Opteron 6234 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 | no data | 4 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | G34 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 115 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4215R and Opteron 6234. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4215R and Opteron 6234 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 Xeon Silver 4215R and Opteron 6234 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 Silver 4215R and Opteron 6234. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 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 Silver 4215R and Opteron 6234.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 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 | 8.33 | 2.31 |
| Recency | 24 February 2020 | 14 November 2011 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 12 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 115 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4215R has a 260.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 33.3% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
Opteron 6234, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores, and 13% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4215R is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Opteron 6234 in performance tests.
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