AMD Opteron X2170 vs AMD Opteron 6284 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2170 and AMD Opteron 6284 SE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, 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 X2170

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 5.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 140 Watt
Launch date September 2016 vs May 2012
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6284 SE

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 42% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 857 vs 832
  • 5.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10619 vs 1911
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 2 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 857 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark 10619 vs 1911

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2170
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6284 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
832
857
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1911
10619
Name AMD Opteron X2170 AMD Opteron 6284 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark 832 857
PassMark - CPU mark 1911 10619
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 X2170 AMD Opteron 6284 SE

Essentials

Architecture codename Steppe Eagle Interlagos
Family AMD Opteron AMD Opteron
Launch date September 2016 May 2012
Place in performance rating 2145 2123
Series AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Vertical segment Server Server
OPN Tray OS6284YETGGGU

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.7 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 768 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 16
Number of threads 4 16
Die size 316 mm
L3 cache 16 MB
Maximum core temperature 64.40°C
Transistor count 2400 million
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Memory

Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
iGPU core count 128

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
Sockets supported FT3 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 140 Watt

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™)