Opteron 6168 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6346

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AMD Opteron 6168

Intel Xeon Gold 6346

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6168 with 12 cores 1.9GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6346 with 16 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6168 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 205W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6346 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (36MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 45nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6168

241

Intel Xeon Gold 6346 +438%

1298

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6168

1418

Intel Xeon Gold 6346 +415%

7306

Opteron 6168

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Intel Xeon Gold 6346

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Apr 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Magny-Cours

Core Architecture

Ice Lake-SP

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 4189

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Ice Lake-SP)

Package

1.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

205 W

69 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

78 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

346 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

12

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

9.5

Multiplier

31.0

768 K shared

L1 Cache

64 K per core

6 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

12 MB

L3 Cache

36 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

64

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