AMD Opteron X2170 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660
Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2170 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 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, 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 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
- 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date | September 2016 vs March 2012 |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 32 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 95 Watt |
Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660
- 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
- 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
- Around 25% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
- 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- Around 63% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1358 vs 832
- 7.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14111 vs 1911
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 8 vs 4 |
Number of threads | 16 vs 4 |
Maximum frequency | 3.00 GHz vs 2.4 GHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core) |
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 2 vs 1 |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1358 vs 832 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 14111 vs 1911 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2170
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Opteron X2170 | Intel Xeon E5-2660 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 832 | 1358 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1911 | 14111 |
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 | 549 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 4175 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 9.383 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 53.899 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.842 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 4.689 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 12.508 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Opteron X2170 | Intel Xeon E5-2660 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Steppe Eagle | Sandy Bridge EP |
Family | AMD Opteron | |
Launch date | September 2016 | March 2012 |
Place in performance rating | 2145 | 2139 |
Series | AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU | Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family |
Vertical segment | Server | Server |
Launch price (MSRP) | $85 | |
Price now | $102 | |
Processor Number | E5-2660 | |
Status | Discontinued | |
Value for money (0-100) | 32.05 | |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Base frequency | 2.4 GHz | 2.20 GHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 32 nm |
Maximum frequency | 2.4 GHz | 3.00 GHz |
Number of cores | 4 | 8 |
Number of threads | 4 | 16 |
Bus Speed | 8 GT/s QPI | |
Die size | 435 mm | |
L3 cache | 20480 KB (shared) | |
Maximum core temperature | 73 °C | |
Number of QPI Links | 2 | |
Transistor count | 2270 million | |
VID voltage range | 0.60V-1.35V | |
Memory |
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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 | 384 GB | |
Graphics |
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Graphics max frequency | 800 MHz | |
iGPU core count | 128 | |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 2 |
Sockets supported | FT3 | FCLGA2011 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt | 95 Watt |
Low Halogen Options Available | ||
Package Size | 52.5mm x 45.0mm | |
Advanced Technologies |
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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 |
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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 |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 40 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
Scalability | 2S Only | |
Security & Reliability |
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Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
Intel® Identity Protection technology | ||
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) |