Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2 vs AMD Athlon XP 2600+ DTR

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2 and AMD Athlon XP 2600+ DTR processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ DTR

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2

CPU is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 98% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 1.92 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 130 nm
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Launch date	May 2012 vs January 2001
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 1.92 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 512 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2600+ DTR

Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 68 Watt vs 69 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt vs 69 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ DTR

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2	AMD Athlon XP 2600+ DTR
PassMark - Single thread mark	2036
PassMark - CPU mark	6365
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	746
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2913
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2	AMD Athlon XP 2600+ DTR
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge	Barton
Launch date	May 2012	January 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$304
Place in performance rating	1977	not rated
Price now	$539.95
Processor Number	E3-1240V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v2 Family
Status	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	4.98
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.40 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
Die size	160 mm	101 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz	1.92 GHz
Number of cores	4	1
Number of threads	8
Transistor count	1400 million	63 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32.77 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1333/1600
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1155	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt	68 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16 & 1x4, 2x8 & 1x4 or 1x8 & 3x4
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)