Opteron X2 180 vs Intel Xeon X5660

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AMD Opteron X2 180

Intel Xeon X5660

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron X2 180 with 2 cores 2.4GHz 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 X2 180 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (400 vs 3)

Intel Xeon X5660 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)

Lower TDP (95W vs 110W)

Score

Opteron X2 180

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Intel Xeon X5660

General Parameters

Sep 2005

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Denmark

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket 939

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron X2 (Denmark)

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

0.233 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

90 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

110 W

Power Consumption

95 W

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Foundry

Intel

199 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

2

Total Core Count

6

2

Total Thread Count

12

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

21.0

128 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR1-400

Memory Types

DDR3

2

Max Memory Channels

3

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

2

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