AMD Opteron X2170 vs Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2170 and Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Opteron X2170

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2170

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 77 Watt
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2540 vs 2509
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2540 vs 2509

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2016 vs May 2012
L2 cache	2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 77 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2540 vs 2509
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2540 vs 2509

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2

Around 50% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1931 vs 832
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4743 vs 1911

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark	4743 vs 1911

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2170
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

832

1931

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

4743

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

CPU 1

CPU 2

2540

2509

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

CPU 1

CPU 2

2540

2509

Name	AMD Opteron X2170	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	832	1931
PassMark - CPU mark	1911	4743
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	2509
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2540	2509
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		749
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		11.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		9.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.454
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.15

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron X2170	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Steppe Eagle	Ivy Bridge
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	September 2016	May 2012
Place in performance rating	2063	2066
Series	AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v2 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$200
Price now		$506.59
Processor Number		E3-1225V2
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		3.98
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	3.20 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	4
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		160 mm
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32.77 GB
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	1.25 GHz
iGPU core count	128
Graphics base frequency		650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.25 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics P4000
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FT3	FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	77 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Graphics Core Next Architecture
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
X86 SoC Technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		3
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x16 & 1x4, 2x8 & 1x4 or 1x8 & 3x4
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)