Opteron A1120 vs Xeon E5540

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AMD Opteron A1120

Intel Xeon E5540

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron A1120 with 4 cores 1.7GHz and Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron A1120 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 1066)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

More modern manufacturing process (28nm vs 45nm)

Lower TDP (25W vs 80W)

Xeon E5540 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.533GHz vs 1.7GHz)

Score

Opteron A1120

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Xeon E5540

General Parameters

Jan 2016

Release Date

Mar 2009

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Seattle

Core Architecture

Gainestown

AMD Socket SP1

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Seattle)

Generation

Xeon(Gainestown)

Package

-

Transistor Count

0.731 billions

28 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

25 W

Power Consumption

80 W

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

182 mm²

Die Size

263 mm²

CPU Performance

1.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.533 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.8 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

17.0

Multiplier

19.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

2 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4-1866

Memory Types

DDR3-1066

2

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

8

PCIe Lanes

-

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