Opteron X2170 vs Xeon E7540

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AMD Opteron X2170

Intel Xeon E7540

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron X2170 with 4 cores 2.4GHz and Xeon E7540 with 6 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron X2170 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 6 months late

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (28nm vs 45nm)

Lower TDP (25W vs 105W)

Xeon E7540 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 3)

Score

Opteron X2170

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Xeon E7540

General Parameters

Sep 2016

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Steppe Eagle

Core Architecture

Nehalem-EX

AMD Socket FT3

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

Radeon R5E

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (X-Series)

Generation

Xeon(Beckton)

Package

-

Transistor Count

2.3 billions

28 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

25 W

Power Consumption

105 W

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

684 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.266 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

4

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

15.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

2 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

-

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

Max Memory Channels

4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

2

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