Opteron 8218 (F2) vs Intel Xeon E5640

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AMD Opteron 8218 (F2)

Intel Xeon E5640

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 8218 (F2) with 2 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon E5640 with 4 cores 2.666GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 8218 (F2) 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)

Intel Xeon E5640 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 7 months late

Newer PCIe version (2 vs 1)

Higher base frequency (2.666GHz vs 2.6GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)

Lower TDP (80W vs 95W)

Score

Opteron 8218 (F2)

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Intel Xeon E5640

General Parameters

Aug 2006

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Santa Rosa

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket F

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Santa Rosa)

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

0.227 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

90 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

80 W

-

Foundry

Intel

235 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.666 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.933 GHz

2

Total Core Count

4

2

Total Thread Count

8

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

13.0

Multiplier

20.0

128 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR2-667

Memory Types

DDR3

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

1

PCIe Version

2

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