Intel Xeon Gold 6421N vs Opteron 6168

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Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

AMD Opteron 6168

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6421N with 32 cores 1.8GHz and Opteron 6168 with 12 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 45nm)

Opteron 6168 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (1.9GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Lower TDP (115W vs 185W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +773%

2104

Opteron 6168

241

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +784%

12541

Opteron 6168

1418

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +218%

848

Opteron 6168

266

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +334%

9394

Opteron 6168

2160

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

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Opteron 6168

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Mar 2010

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Magny-Cours

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

185 W

Power Consumption

115 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

69 °C

Intel

Foundry

-

Die Size

346 mm²

CPU Performance

1.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

32

Total Core Count

12

64

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

9.5

80 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K shared

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

6 MB per core

60 MB

L3 Cache

12 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

2

80

PCIe Lanes

-

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