Intel Xeon E7340 vs AMD Opteron X2170

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7340 and AMD Opteron X2170 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, 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 E7340

AMD Opteron X2170

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7340

Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 960 vs 832
3.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6544 vs 1911

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	960 vs 832
PassMark - CPU mark	6544 vs 1911

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2170

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 65 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 80 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7340
CPU 2: AMD Opteron X2170

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

960

832

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6544

1911

Name	Intel Xeon E7340	AMD Opteron X2170
PassMark - Single thread mark	960	832
PassMark - CPU mark	6544	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 E7340	AMD Opteron X2170
Essentials
Architecture codename	Tigerton	Steppe Eagle
Launch date	Q3'07	September 2016
Place in performance rating	2150	2145
Processor Number	E7340
Series	Legacy Intel Xeon Processors	AMD Opteron X2100 Series APU
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	1066 MHz
Die size	286 mm2
L3 cache	8 MB L2 Cache
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	66°C
Number of cores	4	4
Transistor count	582 million
VID voltage range	1.0V-1.5V
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		2 MB
Maximum frequency		2.4 GHz
Number of threads		4
Compatibility
Package Size	53.3mm x 53.3mm
Sockets supported	PGA604, PPGA604	FT3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Graphics Core Next Architecture
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
X86 SoC Technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Memory
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR3
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		128