AMD Opteron X2170 vs Intel Xeon X5675

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2170 and Intel Xeon X5675 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 33% 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 February 2011
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 X5675

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 44% higher clock speed: 3.46 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1514 vs 832
  • 6.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11721 vs 1911
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.46 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 1514 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark 11721 vs 1911

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2170
CPU 2: Intel Xeon X5675

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
832
1514
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1911
11721
Name AMD Opteron X2170 Intel Xeon X5675
PassMark - Single thread mark 832 1514
PassMark - CPU mark 1911 11721
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 588
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3454
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.995
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 58.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.77
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 14.068

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron X2170 Intel Xeon X5675

Essentials

Architecture codename Steppe Eagle Westmere EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date September 2016 February 2011
Place in performance rating 2145 2112
Series AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $162
Price now $79.99
Processor Number X5675
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 30.70

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 32 nm
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 3.46 GHz
Number of cores 4 6
Number of threads 4 12
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size 239 mm
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 81.3°C
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 1170 million
VID voltage range 0.750V-1.350V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 32 GB/s
Maximum memory size 288 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 95 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
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 40-bit
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)

Security & Reliability

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