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

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: 1512 vs 832
• 6.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11679 vs 1911

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	832 1512
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1911 11679

Compare specifications (specs)