Xeon Gold 6248 vs Opteron 6376

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Aggregate performance score

Opteron 6376
2012
16 cores / 16 threads, 115 Watt
3.51
Xeon Gold 6248
2019
20 cores / 40 threads, 150 Watt
18.78
+435%

Xeon Gold 6248 outperforms Opteron 6376 by a whopping 435% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 6376 and Xeon Gold 6248 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1539318
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.669.60
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency2.8911.85
Architecture codenameAbu Dhabi (2012)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date5 November 2012 (12 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$750$3,072

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6248 has 1355% better value for money than Opteron 6376.

Detailed specifications

Opteron 6376 and Xeon Gold 6248 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads1640
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data25
L1 cache768 KB1.25 MB
L2 cache16 MB20 MB
L3 cache8 MB (per die)27.5 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data86 °C
Number of transistors2,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6376 and Xeon Gold 6248 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 configuration44 (Multiprocessor)
SocketG34FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6376 and Xeon Gold 6248. 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-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Opteron 6376 and Xeon Gold 6248 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 6376 and Xeon Gold 6248 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 6376 and Xeon Gold 6248. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6376 and Xeon Gold 6248.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Opteron 6376 3.51
Xeon Gold 6248 18.78
+435%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Opteron 6376 5572
Xeon Gold 6248 29831
+435%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Opteron 6376 355
Xeon Gold 6248 1320
+272%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Opteron 6376 3066
Xeon Gold 6248 10491
+242%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.51 18.78
Recency 5 November 2012 2 April 2019
Physical cores 16 20
Threads 16 40
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 150 Watt

Opteron 6376 has 30.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6248, on the other hand, has a 435% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 25% more physical cores and 150% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 6248 is our recommended choice as it beats the Opteron 6376 in performance tests.


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