Opteron A1170 vs Intel Xeon X5660

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AMD Opteron A1170

Intel Xeon X5660

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron A1170 with 8 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon X5660 with 6 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

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 95W)

Intel Xeon X5660 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)

Score

Opteron A1170

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Intel Xeon X5660

General Parameters

Jan 2016

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Seattle

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket SP1

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron(Seattle)

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.17 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

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

21.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

4 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3, DDR4-1866

Memory Types

DDR3

2

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

8

PCIe Lanes

-

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