Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3 vs AMD Opteron X2170

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4610 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, 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 E5-4610 v3

AMD Opteron X2170

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
16 more threads: 20 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1027 vs 832
3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7229 vs 1911

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 4
Number of threads	20 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1027 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark	7229 vs 1911

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2170

Around 41% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron X2170

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1027

832

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7229

1911

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3	AMD Opteron X2170
PassMark - Single thread mark	1027	832
PassMark - CPU mark	7229	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 E5-4610 v3	AMD Opteron X2170
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Steppe Eagle
Launch date	Q2'15	September 2016
Place in performance rating	2087	2147
Processor Number	E5-4610V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C
Maximum frequency	1.70 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	10	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20	4
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		2 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FT3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	25 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
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