Opteron 4386 vs Xeon Bronze 3104
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Bronze 3104 outperforms Opteron 4386 by a substantial 36% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Bronze 3104 and Opteron 4386 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1671 | 1885 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.36 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Bronze | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.11 | 2.05 |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) | Seoul (2012) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (7 years ago) | 4 December 2012 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $213 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Bronze 3104 and Opteron 4386 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 6 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Multiplier | 17 | no data |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 8192 KB |
| L3 cache | 8.25 MB | 8192 KB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 315 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Bronze 3104 and Opteron 4386 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 | 2 (Multiprocessor) | 2 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | C32 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 95 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Opteron 4386. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon Bronze 3104 and Opteron 4386 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Opteron 4386 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Opteron 4386. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2133 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 102.403 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Opteron 4386.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.90 | 2.14 |
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 4 December 2012 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 8 |
| Threads | 6 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 95 Watt |
Xeon Bronze 3104 has a 35.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 11.8% lower power consumption.
Opteron 4386, on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.
The Xeon Bronze 3104 is our recommended choice as it beats the Opteron 4386 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Bronze 3104 and Opteron 4386, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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