Intel Xeon X3450 vs AMD Opteron 144

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon X3450 and AMD Opteron 144 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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.

Intel Xeon X3450

AMD Opteron 144

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X3450

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 78% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Launch date	8 Sep 2009 vs September 2003
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache	256 KB vs 128 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 144

Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 82 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	82 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon X3450
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 144

Name	Intel Xeon X3450	AMD Opteron 144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	58.957
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	1.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.984
PassMark - Single thread mark		376
PassMark - CPU mark		316

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon X3450	AMD Opteron 144
Essentials
Architecture codename	Lynnfield	SledgeHammer
Launch date	8 Sep 2009	September 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$261	$65
Place in performance rating	3085	3172
Processor Number	X3450
Series	Legacy Intel Xeon Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$65
Value for money (0-100)		2.20
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.66 GHz
Bus Speed	2.5 GT/s
Die size	296 mm2	193 mm
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1024 KB
L3 cache	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	130 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.7°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	1.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	1
Number of threads	8
Transistor count	774 million	106 million
VID voltage range	0.6500V-1.4000V
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	LGA1156	940
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	82 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	2.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 4x4
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	36-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)