Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2 vs Opteron A1120

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Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

AMD Opteron A1120

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2 with 6 cores 2.2GHz and Opteron A1120 with 4 cores 1.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 1.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 28nm)

Opteron A1120 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)

Lower TDP (25W vs 80W)

Score

Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2

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Opteron A1120

General Parameters

Sep 2013

Release Date

Jan 2016

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Ivy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Seattle

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

AMD Socket SP1

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-EN)

Generation

Opteron (Seattle)

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

-

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

28 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

25 W

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

160 mm²

Die Size

182 mm²

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.7 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

17.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB shared

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-1866

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

8

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