Xeon E5540 vs Opteron 8218 (F2)

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Intel Xeon E5540

AMD Opteron 8218 (F2)

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz and Opteron 8218 (F2) with 2 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E5540 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (1066 vs 667)

Newer PCIe version (2 vs 1)

More modern manufacturing process (45nm vs 90nm)

Lower TDP (80W vs 95W)

Opteron 8218 (F2) 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.533GHz)

Score

Xeon E5540

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Opteron 8218 (F2)

General Parameters

Mar 2009

Release Date

Aug 2006

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Gainestown

Core Architecture

Santa Rosa

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket F

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Gainestown)

Generation

Opteron (Santa Rosa)

Package

0.731 billions

Transistor Count

0.227 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

90 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

95 W

Intel

Foundry

-

263 mm²

Die Size

235 mm²

CPU Performance

2.533 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

4

Total Core Count

2

8

Total Thread Count

2

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

13.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

128 KB per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1066

Memory Types

DDR2-667

3

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

1

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