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).

 

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: 6818 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 6818 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
6818
Name AMD Opteron X2170 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 832 2080
PassMark - CPU mark 1911 6818
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 2145 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)