AMD Opteron X2170 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2170 and Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 E3-1230 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2170

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 80 Watt

Launch date	September 2016 vs June 2013
L2 cache	2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 80 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 54% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2080 vs 832
3.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6817 vs 1911

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2080 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark	6817 vs 1911

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2170
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

832

2080

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

6817

Name	AMD Opteron X2170	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	832	2080
PassMark - CPU mark	1911	6817
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
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		865
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3280
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		3655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		83.748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.897

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron X2170	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Steppe Eagle	Haswell
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	September 2016	June 2013
Place in performance rating	2146	2106
Series	AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$264
Price now		$261.66
Processor Number		E3-1230 v3
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		10.50
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	3.30 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	3.70 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		160 mm
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links		0
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
iGPU core count	128
Processor graphics		None
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FT3	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013D
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
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)