AMD Opteron X2170 vs Intel Xeon L5530

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2170 and Intel Xeon L5530 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, 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 L5530

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2170

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 60 Watt

Launch date	September 2016 vs August 2009
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache	2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 60 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5530

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 11% higher clock speed: 2.66 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1169 vs 832
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2522 vs 1911

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	2.66 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1169 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark	2522 vs 1911

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2170
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5530

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

832

1169

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

2522

Name	AMD Opteron X2170	Intel Xeon L5530
PassMark - Single thread mark	832	1169
PassMark - CPU mark	1911	2522
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 L5530
Essentials
Architecture codename	Steppe Eagle	Nehalem EP
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	September 2016	August 2009
Place in performance rating	2147	2073
Series	AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$13.96
Processor Number		L5530
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		91.79
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.40 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	2.66 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Bus Speed		5.86 GT/s QPI
Die size		263 mm2
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		70°C
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		731 million
VID voltage range		0.75V -1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		144 GB
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
iGPU core count	128
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FT3	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	60 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42.5mm x 45mm
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
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-bit
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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)