Xeon Platinum 9222 vs Opteron 850
Primary details
Comparing Opteron 850 and Xeon Platinum 9222 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Platinum |
| Architecture codename | SledgeHammer (2003−2005) | Cascade Lake-AP (2019) |
| Release date | December 2004 (19 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Opteron 850 and Xeon Platinum 9222 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 cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 2 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 71.5 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 193 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 106 million | 8,000 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 850 and Xeon Platinum 9222 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 configuration | 8 | 8 |
| Socket | 940 | Intel BGA5903 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 250 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 850 and Xeon Platinum 9222. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Opteron 850 and Xeon Platinum 9222 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 850 and Xeon Platinum 9222 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 850 and Xeon Platinum 9222. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2 TiB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 12 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 281.6 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 1 | 32 |
| Threads | 1 | 64 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 250 Watt |
Opteron 850 has 180.9% lower power consumption.
Xeon Platinum 9222, on the other hand, has 3100% more physical cores and 6300% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Opteron 850 and Xeon Platinum 9222. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Opteron 850 and Xeon Platinum 9222, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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