Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs AMD Opteron X2170

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 and AMD Opteron X2170 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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), 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).

Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

AMD Opteron X2170

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 58% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
2.6x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2150 vs 832
3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7049 vs 1911

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2150 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark	7049 vs 1911

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2170

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 80 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron X2170

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2150

832

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7049

1911

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3	AMD Opteron X2170
PassMark - Single thread mark	2150	832
PassMark - CPU mark	7049	1911
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	891
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3386
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	2290
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	78.031
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	6.089
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3	AMD Opteron X2170
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Steppe Eagle
Launch date	Q2'14	September 2016
Place in performance rating	2144	2145
Processor Number	E3-1231V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family	AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.40 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	8	4
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		2 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1150	FT3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	25 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2013D
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Graphics Core Next Architecture
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
X86 SoC Technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		128