Xeon Gold 6142M vs Opteron 4386

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron 4386 and Xeon Gold 6142M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1886not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency2.05no data
Architecture codenameSeoul (2012)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date4 December 2012 (11 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$5,949

Detailed specifications

Opteron 4386 and Xeon Gold 6142M 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads832
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache384 KB1 MB
L2 cache8192 KB16 MB
L3 cache8192 KB (shared)22 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 4386 and Xeon Gold 6142M 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 configuration24 (Multiprocessor)
SocketC32FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 4386 and Xeon Gold 6142M. 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++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Opteron 4386 and Xeon Gold 6142M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 4386 and Xeon Gold 6142M 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 4386 and Xeon Gold 6142M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data1.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 4386 and Xeon Gold 6142M.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 December 2012 25 April 2017
Physical cores 8 16
Threads 8 32
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 150 Watt

Opteron 4386 has 57.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6142M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

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