AMD Opteron 1389 vs AMD Opteron X2170

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1389 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).

AMD Opteron 1389

AMD Opteron X2170

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1389

2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1102 vs 832
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2079 vs 1911

Specifications (specs)
L1 cache	512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1102 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark	2079 vs 1911

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

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

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1389
CPU 2: AMD Opteron X2170

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1102

832

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2079

1911

Name	AMD Opteron 1389	AMD Opteron X2170
PassMark - Single thread mark	1102	832
PassMark - CPU mark	2079	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 1389	AMD Opteron X2170
Essentials
Architecture codename	K10	Steppe Eagle
Launch date	1 Jun 2009	September 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$269
Place in performance rating	2044	2064
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Series		AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU
Performance
Base frequency	2.9 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™)