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.

 

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 3216 3150
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)