AMD Opteron X2170 vs Intel Xeon E5-4603

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2170 and Intel Xeon E5-4603 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).

AMD Opteron X2170

Intel Xeon E5-4603

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2170

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 20% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2 GHz
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
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt

Launch date	September 2016 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache	2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4603

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 995 vs 832
3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6690 vs 1911

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	995 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark	6690 vs 1911

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2170
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4603

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

832

995

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

6690

Name	AMD Opteron X2170	Intel Xeon E5-4603
PassMark - Single thread mark	832	995
PassMark - CPU mark	1911	6690
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron X2170	Intel Xeon E5-4603
Essentials
Architecture codename	Steppe Eagle	Sandy Bridge EP
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	September 2016	May 2012
Place in performance rating	2146	2107
Series	AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$712
Price now		$1,890.99
Processor Number		E5-4603
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		0.78
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.00 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	2 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size		294 mm
L3 cache		10240 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1270 million
VID voltage range		0.6V-1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
iGPU core count	128
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	4
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
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
Scalability		4S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)