AMD Opteron X3421 VS Intel Xeon D-2123IT

Comparing AMD Opteron X3421 vs Intel Xeon D-2123IT

Comparison of video cards AMD Opteron X3421 vs Intel Xeon D-2123IT in benchmarks and specifications.

Differences Specifications

Differences

Top features of Intel Xeon D-2123IT

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Higher clock speed

2.20 GHz 2.10 GHz

Around -5% better clock speed

Top features of AMD Opteron X3421

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Performance per watt

15 W 60 W

About 0.25 times less performance per watt

Specifications

Complete list of technical specifications

Intel Xeon D-2123IT AMD Opteron X3421

CPU generation and family

Let's find out which one of Intel Xeon D-2123IT and AMD Opteron X3421 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

Specification	Value
Name	Intel Xeon D-2123IT AMD Opteron X3421
Family	Intel Xeon D AMD Opteron
CPU group	Intel Xeon D-2100 AMD Opteron X3000
Segment	Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
Generation	2 0

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In this block we are going to compare Intel Xeon D-2123IT vs AMD Opteron X3421 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

Specification	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8 4 / 4
Core architecture	normal normal
Cores	4x 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT	Yes No
Overclocking	No No
Frequency	2.20 GHz 2.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.00 GHz 3.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)	2.40 GHz --

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Xeon D-2123IT and AMD Opteron X3421 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification	Value
GPU name	no iGPU AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Toronto)
GPU frequency	0.80 GHz
GPU (Turbo)	No turbo No turbo
Execution units	8
Shader	512
Max. GPU Memory	-- 2 GB
Max. displays	3
Direct X	-- 0

Hardware codec support

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Xeon D-2123IT and AMD Opteron X3421. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

Specification	Value
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No Decode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No No
h264	No Decode / Encode
VP8	No No
VP9	No No
AV1	No No
AVC	No No
VC-1	No No
JPEG	No Decode

Memory & PCIe

To choose the best model between Intel Xeon D-2123IT and AMD Opteron X3421 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

Specification	Value
Memory type	DDR4-2400 DDR4-2400
Max. Memory	512 GB
Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s --
ECC	Yes Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 32 3 x 8
AES-NI	Yes Yes

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Xeon D-2123IT or AMD Opteron X3421? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Specification	Value
TDP (PL1)	60 W 15 W
TDP up	-- 35 W
TDP down	-- 12 W

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Xeon D-2123IT and AMD Opteron X3421 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification	Value
Technology	14 nm 28 nm
Chip design	Monolithic
Socket	BGA 2518 FP4
L2-Cache	8.00 MB 2.00 MB
Architecture	Skylake Toronto (Excavator)
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, AMD-Vt
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2018 Q2/2015
Release price	228 $ --
Part Number	-- OX3421AAY43KA