Opteron X2 180 vs Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2

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AMD Opteron X2 180

Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron X2 180 with 2 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 with 4 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron X2 180 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (400 vs 3)

Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 8 months late

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)

Lower TDP (87W vs 110W)

Score

Opteron X2 180

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Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2

General Parameters

Sep 2005

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Denmark

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge

AMD Socket 939

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron X2 (Denmark)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Ivy Bridge)

Package

0.233 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

90 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

110 W

Power Consumption

87 W

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Foundry

Intel

199 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

2

Total Core Count

4

2

Total Thread Count

8

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

37.0

128 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR1-400

Memory Types

DDR3

2

Max Memory Channels

2

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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