AMD Opteron X2170 vs Intel Xeon W3550

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2170 and Intel Xeon W3550 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Opteron X2170

Intel Xeon W3550

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
5.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 130 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 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3550

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 39% higher clock speed: 3.33 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1410 vs 832
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3240 vs 1911

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.33 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1410 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark	3240 vs 1911

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2170
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3550

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

832

1410

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

3240

Name	AMD Opteron X2170	Intel Xeon W3550
PassMark - Single thread mark	832	1410
PassMark - CPU mark	1911	3240
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		548
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2171

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron X2170	Intel Xeon W3550
Essentials
Architecture codename	Steppe Eagle	Bloomfield
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	September 2016	August 2009
Place in performance rating	2147	2167
Series	AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$235
Price now		$59.95
Processor Number		W3550
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		27.98
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	3.06 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	3.33 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Bus Speed		4.8 GT/s QPI
Die size		263 mm2
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		67.9°C
Number of QPI Links		1
Transistor count		731 million
VID voltage range		0.800V-1.375V
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		24 GB
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
iGPU core count	128
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FT3	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42.5mm 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® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)