Intel Atom S1260 vs AMD Opteron 250

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom S1260 and AMD Opteron 250 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 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom S1260

CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 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

Launch date	December 2012 vs May 2004
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8.5 Watt vs 89 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 250

Around 20% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2 GHz
Around 14% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 649 vs 526

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB vs 56 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	649 vs 526

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom S1260
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 250

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

526

649

Name	Intel Atom S1260	AMD Opteron 250
PassMark - Single thread mark	313	0
PassMark - CPU mark	526	649

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Atom S1260	AMD Opteron 250
Essentials
Architecture codename	Centerton	SledgeHammer
Launch date	December 2012	May 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	$12
Place in performance rating	3216	3330
Price now	$64	$11
Processor Number	S1260
Series	Intel® Atom™ Processor S Series
Status	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	4.22	17.41
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	2.4 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)