Xeon Platinum 8468V vs Opteron 4340

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 4340 and Xeon Platinum 8468V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameSeoul (2012)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date4 December 2012 (11 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,121

Detailed specifications

Opteron 4340 and Xeon Platinum 8468V 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads696
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cache288 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache6144 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache8192 KB (shared)97.5 MB
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size315 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data77 °C
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 4340 and Xeon Platinum 8468V 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 configuration22
SocketC32FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 4340 and Xeon Platinum 8468V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Opteron 4340 and Xeon Platinum 8468V 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 4340 and Xeon Platinum 8468V are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 4340 and Xeon Platinum 8468V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 4340 and Xeon Platinum 8468V.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 December 2012 10 January 2023
Physical cores 6 48
Threads 6 96
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 330 Watt

Opteron 4340 has 247.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8468V, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

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