Xeon E6540 vs Opteron 148

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Intel Xeon E6540

AMD Opteron 148

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E6540 with 6 cores 2GHz and Opteron 148 with 1 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E6540 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 400)

More modern manufacturing process (45nm vs 90nm)

Opteron 148 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (85W vs 105W)

Score

Xeon E6540

VS

Opteron 148

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Aug 2005

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Nehalem-EX

Core Architecture

Venus

Intel Socket 1567

Socket

AMD Socket 939

N/A

Integrated Graphics

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Xeon(Beckton)

Generation

Opteron (Venus (E6))

Package

2.3 billions

Transistor Count

0.114 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

90 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

85 W

Intel

Foundry

-

684 mm²

Die Size

115 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.266 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

6

Total Core Count

1

12

Total Thread Count

1

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

15.0

Multiplier

11.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

128 KB

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB

18 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1333

Memory Types

DDR1-400

4

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

-

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