Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3 vs AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3 and AMD Athlon XP 2700+ 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

7 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 1
Around 34% higher clock speed: 2.90 GHz vs 2.17 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 130 nm
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 68 Watt
4.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1620 vs 398
57.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14654 vs 256

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.90 GHz vs 2.17 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 130 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 68 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1620 vs 398
PassMark - CPU mark	14654 vs 256

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2700+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1620

398

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

14654

256

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3	AMD Athlon XP 2700+
PassMark - Single thread mark	1620	398
PassMark - CPU mark	14654	256
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	3290
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	16710

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3	AMD Athlon XP 2700+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Thoroughbred
Launch date	Q3'14	October 2002
Place in performance rating	542	3162
Processor Number	E5-2630LV3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85
Price now		$84.79
Value for money (0-100)		1.36
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	130 nm
Maximum core temperature	60.4°C
Maximum frequency	2.90 GHz	2.17 GHz
Number of cores	8	1
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
Die size		80 mm
L1 cache		128 KB
L2 cache		256 KB
Transistor count		37 million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	68 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S
Security & Reliability
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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
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)