Opteron X2 180 vs Xeon E5540

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AMD Opteron X2 180

Intel Xeon E5540

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron X2 180 with 2 cores 2.4GHz and Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E5540 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (1066 vs 400)

Higher base frequency (2.533GHz vs 2.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (45nm vs 90nm)

Lower TDP (80W vs 110W)

Score

Opteron X2 180

VS

Xeon E5540

General Parameters

Sep 2005

Release Date

Mar 2009

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Denmark

Core Architecture

Gainestown

AMD Socket 939

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron X2 (Denmark)

Generation

Xeon(Gainestown)

Package

0.233 billions

Transistor Count

0.731 billions

90 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

110 W

Power Consumption

80 W

-

Foundry

Intel

199 mm²

Die Size

263 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.533 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.8 GHz

2

Total Core Count

4

2

Total Thread Count

8

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

19.0

128 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

-

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR1-400

Memory Types

DDR3-1066

2

Max Memory Channels

3

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

2

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