Opteron X2170 vs Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2

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AMD Opteron X2170

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron X2170 with 4 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2 with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron X2170 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 4 months late

Lower TDP (25W vs 69W)

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 28nm)

Score

Opteron X2170

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Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2

General Parameters

Sep 2016

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Steppe Eagle

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge

AMD Socket FT3

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

Radeon R5E

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (X-Series)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Ivy Bridge)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

28 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

25 W

Power Consumption

69 W

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

36.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

Max Memory Channels

2

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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