Intel Xeon X3450 vs AMD Opteron 150

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon X3450 and AMD Opteron 150 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X3450

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Launch date 8 Sep 2009 vs August 2005
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 150

  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon X3450
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 150

Name Intel Xeon X3450 AMD Opteron 150
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 471
PassMark - CPU mark 393

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon X3450 AMD Opteron 150

Essentials

Architecture codename Lynnfield Venus
Launch date 8 Sep 2009 August 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $261
Place in performance rating 3085 3043
Processor Number X3450
Series Legacy Intel Xeon Processors
Vertical segment Server Server

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 90 nm
Maximum core temperature 72.7°C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 2.4 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 939
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 85 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)