Intel Atom S1260 vs AMD Opteron 146

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom S1260 and AMD Opteron 146 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Atom S1260

AMD Opteron 146

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom S1260

CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
9.9x lower typical power consumption: 8.5 Watt vs 89 Watt
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 526 vs 346

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	December 2012 vs September 2003
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8.5 Watt vs 89 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	526 vs 346

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 146

Around 14% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 400 vs 313

Specifications (specs)
L1 cache	128 KB vs 56 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	400 vs 313

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom S1260
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 146

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

313

400

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

526

346

Name	Intel Atom S1260	AMD Opteron 146
PassMark - Single thread mark	313	400
PassMark - CPU mark	526	346

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Atom S1260	AMD Opteron 146
Essentials
Architecture codename	Centerton	SledgeHammer
Launch date	December 2012	September 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	$60
Place in performance rating	3130	3057
Price now	$64	$59.99
Processor Number	S1260
Series	Intel® Atom™ Processor S Series
Status	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	4.22	2.62
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	2 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	4
Die size		193 mm
Transistor count		106 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	10.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1333
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FCBGA1283	940
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8.5 Watt	89 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	8
PCI Express revision	2.0
PCI support
UART
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)