AMD Opteron X2170 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2170 and Intel Xeon E5-1620 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2170

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 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
  • 5.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 130 Watt
Launch date September 2016 vs March 2012
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1620

  • 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: 1768 vs 832
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5862 vs 1911
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1768 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark 5862 vs 1911

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2170
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1620

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
832
1768
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1911
5862
Name AMD Opteron X2170 Intel Xeon E5-1620
PassMark - Single thread mark 832 1768
PassMark - CPU mark 1911 5862
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 730
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3096
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron X2170 Intel Xeon E5-1620

Essentials

Architecture codename Steppe Eagle Sandy Bridge EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date September 2016 March 2012
Place in performance rating 2146 2098
Series AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $313
Price now $329.93
Processor Number E5-1620
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 8.09

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.4 GHz 3.60 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 0 QPI
Die size 294 mm
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 64.0 °C
Number of QPI Links 0
Transistor count 1270 million
VID voltage range 0.60V - 1.35V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 375 GB

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
iGPU core count 128

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FT3 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0 mm

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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
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)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)