AMD Opteron A1120 vs AMD Opteron A1170

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron A1120 and AMD Opteron A1170 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization.

AMD Opteron A1120

AMD Opteron A1170

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron A1120

Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 32 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 32 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron A1170

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 18% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	2 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
L1 cache	80 KB (per core) vs 80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4096 KB (shared) vs 2048 KB (shared)

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron A1120	AMD Opteron A1170
Essentials
Architecture codename	Seattle	Seattle
Launch date	January 2016	January 2016
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
L1 cache	80 KB (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB (shared)	4096 KB (shared)
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	1.7 GHz	2 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR3, DDR4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	32 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)