AMD Opteron 1385 vs AMD Opteron X2170

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1385 and AMD Opteron X2170 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1385

  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1035 vs 832
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1035 vs 832

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2170

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • 4.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1911 vs 1898
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2016 vs 1 Jun 2009
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1911 vs 1898

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1385
CPU 2: AMD Opteron X2170

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1035
832
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1898
1911
Name AMD Opteron 1385 AMD Opteron X2170
PassMark - Single thread mark 1035 832
PassMark - CPU mark 1898 1911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2540
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2540

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 1385 AMD Opteron X2170

Essentials

Architecture codename K10 Steppe Eagle
Launch date 1 Jun 2009 September 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Place in performance rating 2228 2145
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
Series AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.4 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 6 MB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 28 nm
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
64 bit support
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz

Memory

Maximum memory size 256 TB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2+, AM3 FT3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 25 Watt

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
iGPU core count 128

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Graphics Core Next Architecture
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
X86 SoC Technology

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)