Opteron 6386 SE vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

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AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6386 SE with 16 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6386 SE 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (140W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 1600)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6386 SE

426

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +217%

1353

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6386 SE

3945

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +275%

14831

Opteron 6386 SE

VS

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

General Parameters

Nov 2012

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Abu Dhabi

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Abu Dhabi)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

270 W

64 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

2x315 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

16

Total Core Count

32

16

Total Thread Count

64

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

14.0

Multiplier

21.0

768 KB

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

2 MB per module

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

60 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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