Xeon Gold 6403N vs Opteron 246

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron 246 and Xeon Gold 6403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3009not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency0.43no data
Architecture codenameSledgeHammer (2003−2005)no data
Release dateAugust 2003 (21 year ago)1 July 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109no data

Detailed specifications

Opteron 246 and Xeon Gold 6403N basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads148
Base clock speedno data1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache0 KB45 MB
Chip lithography130 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size193 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors106 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 246 and Xeon Gold 6403N compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration2no data
Socket940FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 246 and Xeon Gold 6403N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Opteron 246 and Xeon Gold 6403N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 246 and Xeon Gold 6403N are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 246 and Xeon Gold 6403N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4000
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 246 and Xeon Gold 6403N.

PCIe versionno data4
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 24
Threads 1 48
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 185 Watt

Opteron 246 has 107.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6403N, on the other hand, has 2300% more physical cores and 4700% more threads.

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