AMD Opteron X2170 vs Intel Xeon E3-1270

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2170 and Intel Xeon E3-1270 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 E3-1270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2170

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
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 April 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache	2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 80 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1270

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 58% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1746 vs 832
2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5352 vs 1911

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1746 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark	5352 vs 1911

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2170
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1270

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

832

1746

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

5352

Name	AMD Opteron X2170	Intel Xeon E3-1270
PassMark - Single thread mark	832	1746
PassMark - CPU mark	1911	5352
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		738
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2830
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		79.092
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.622
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		15.794

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron X2170	Intel Xeon E3-1270
Essentials
Architecture codename	Steppe Eagle	Sandy Bridge
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	September 2016	April 2011
Place in performance rating	2146	2110
Series	AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$369
Price now		$317
Processor Number		E3-1270
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		7.66
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	3.40 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		216 mm
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		69.1°C
Transistor count		1160 million
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
iGPU core count	128
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FT3	LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
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® 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
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		20
PCI Express revision		2.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)