Opteron X2 180 vs Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3

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AMD Opteron X2 180

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron X2 180 with 2 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 with 8 cores 3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron X2 180 's Advantages

Lower TDP (110W vs 140W)

Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 's Advantages

Released 9 years late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 400)

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)

Score

Opteron X2 180

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Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3

General Parameters

Sep 2005

Release Date

Sep 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Denmark

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

AMD Socket 939

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron X2 (Denmark)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

0.233 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

90 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

110 W

Power Consumption

140 W

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Foundry

Intel

199 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

2

Total Core Count

8

2

Total Thread Count

16

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

30.0

128 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

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L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR1-400

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

2

Max Memory Channels

4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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