Opteron X2 170 vs Xeon E7540

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AMD Opteron X2 170

Intel Xeon E7540

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron X2 170 with 2 cores 2GHz and Xeon E7540 with 6 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E7540 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 400)

More modern manufacturing process (45nm vs 90nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 110W)

Score

Opteron X2 170

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Xeon E7540

General Parameters

Aug 2005

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Denmark

Core Architecture

Nehalem-EX

AMD Socket 939

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron X2 (Denmark)

Generation

Xeon(Beckton)

Package

0.233 billions

Transistor Count

2.3 billions

90 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

110 W

Power Consumption

105 W

65 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

199 mm²

Die Size

684 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.266 GHz

2

Total Core Count

6

2

Total Thread Count

12

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

10.0

Multiplier

15.0

128 KB

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

-

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR1-400

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

2

Max Memory Channels

4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

2

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