Intel Xeon E5-2689 vs AMD Opteron X2170

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2689 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: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 E5-2689

AMD Opteron X2170

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2689

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 50% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz

Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2170

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
4.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 115 Watt

Launch date	September 2016 vs 6 Mar 2012
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2689
CPU 2: AMD Opteron X2170

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2689	AMD Opteron X2170
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	123.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	3.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	9.539
PassMark - Single thread mark		832
PassMark - CPU mark		1911
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 E5-2689	AMD Opteron X2170
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	Steppe Eagle
Launch date	6 Mar 2012	September 2016
Place in performance rating	2076	2064
Processor Number	E5-2689
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Series		AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	52°C
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	4
VID voltage range	0.6V - 1.35V
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		2 MB
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Sockets supported	LGA2011	FT3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	25 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® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Graphics Core Next Architecture
X86 SoC Technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		128