Opteron A1170 vs Intel Xeon E5 2420

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AMD Opteron A1170

Intel Xeon E5-2420

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron A1170 with 8 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron A1170 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2GHz vs 1.9GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (28nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (32W vs 95W)

Intel Xeon E5 2420 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 8MB)

Score

Opteron A1170

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Intel Xeon E5 2420

General Parameters

Jan 2016

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Seattle

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EN

AMD Socket SP1

Socket

Intel Socket 1356

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron(Seattle)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.27 billions

28 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

32 W

Power Consumption

95 W

80°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

182 mm²

Die Size

294 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

19.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

4 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3, DDR4-1866

Memory Types

DDR3

2

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

-

8

PCIe Lanes

-

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