Xeon Gold 6538N vs Opteron A1120

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

AMD Opteron A1120

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz and Opteron A1120 with 4 cores 1.7GHz . 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 7 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 1866)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 1.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 28nm)

Opteron A1120 's Advantages

Lower TDP (25W vs 205W)

Score

Xeon Gold 6538N

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Opteron A1120

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Jan 2016

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Seattle

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP1

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

Opteron (Seattle)

Package

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

28 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

25 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

2x763 mm²

Die Size

182 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.7 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

32

Total Core Count

4

64

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

17.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB shared

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-1866

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

80

PCIe Lanes

8

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