Opteron X2 180 vs Xeon E6540

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AMD Opteron X2 180

Intel Xeon E6540

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron X2 180 with 2 cores 2.4GHz and Xeon E6540 with 6 cores 2GHz . 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 base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2GHz)

Xeon E6540 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 400)

More modern manufacturing process (45nm vs 90nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 110W)

Score

Opteron X2 180

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Xeon E6540

General Parameters

Sep 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

-

Foundry

Intel

199 mm²

Die Size

684 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 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

12.0

Multiplier

15.0

128 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

-

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

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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