Xeon Gold 6538N vs Opteron 6284 SE

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

AMD Opteron 6284 SE

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz and Opteron 6284 SE with 16 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 7 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)

Opteron 6284 SE 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (140W vs 205W)

Score

Xeon Gold 6538N

VS

Opteron 6284 SE

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

May 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Interlagos

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

Opteron (Interlagos)

Package

-

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

140 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

2x763 mm²

Die Size

2x315 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

32

Total Core Count

16

64

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

13.5

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

768 KB

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per module

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

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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