AMD Opteron 156 vs AMD Opteron X2 270

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 156 and AMD Opteron X2 270 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility.

AMD Opteron 156

AMD Opteron 156

vs

AMD Opteron X2 270

AMD Opteron X2 270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 156

Around 50% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2 GHz

Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2 270

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 104 Watt

Number of cores	2 vs 1
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 104 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 156	AMD Opteron X2 270
Essentials
Architecture codename	Venus	Italy
Launch date	May 2005	May 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	2 GHz
Number of cores	1	2
Transistor count	106 million	233 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	939	940
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	104 Watt	95 Watt