Opteron X2 185 vs Intel Xeon E5 2640

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AMD Opteron X2 185

Intel Xeon E5-2640

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron X2 185 with 2 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2640 with 6 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron X2 185 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (400 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Intel Xeon E5 2640 's Advantages

Released 6 years late

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)

Lower TDP (95W vs 110W)

Score

Opteron X2 185

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Intel Xeon E5 2640

General Parameters

Mar 2006

Release Date

Mar 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Denmark

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

AMD Socket 939

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron X2 (Denmark)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

0.233 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

90 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

110 W

Power Consumption

95 W

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Foundry

Intel

199 mm²

Die Size

435 mm²

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

2

Total Core Count

6

2

Total Thread Count

12

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

13.0

Multiplier

25.0

128 KB

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR1-400

Memory Types

DDR3

2

Max Memory Channels

4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

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