Intel Xeon Gold 5420 vs Opteron 6386 SE

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz and Opteron 6386 SE with 16 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 1600)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (52.5MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Opteron 6386 SE 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (140W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +403%

2145

Opteron 6386 SE

426

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +349%

17725

Opteron 6386 SE

3945

Intel Xeon Gold 5420

VS

Opteron 6386 SE

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Nov 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Abu Dhabi

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

Opteron (Abu Dhabi)

Package

-

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

140 W

84 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

64 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

-

Die Size

2x315 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

28

Total Core Count

16

56

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

14.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

768 KB

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per module

52.5 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

Memory Types

DDR3-1600

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

2

80

PCIe Lanes

-

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