Intel Xeon E5640 vs Opteron A1170

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Intel Xeon E5640

AMD Opteron A1170

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5640 with 4 cores 2.666GHz and Opteron A1170 with 8 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5640 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.666GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)

Opteron A1170 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

More modern manufacturing process (28nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (32W vs 80W)

Score

Intel Xeon E5640

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Opteron A1170

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Jan 2016

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EP

Core Architecture

Seattle

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket SP1

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Generation

Opteron(Seattle)

Package

1.17 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

28 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

32 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

80°C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

239 mm²

Die Size

182 mm²

CPU Performance

2.666 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

2.933 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

4

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

8

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

4 MB shared

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3, DDR4-1866

3

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

8

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