Opteron 156 vs Intel Xeon E5 2690
We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 156 with 1 cores 3GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2690 with 8 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Opteron 156 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (400 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.9GHz)
Lower TDP (104W vs 135W)
Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 10 months late
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)
Score
General Parameters
May 2005
Release Date
Mar 2012
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Venus
Core Architecture
Sandy Bridge-EP
AMD Socket 939
Socket
Intel Socket 2011
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Opteron (Venus (E4))
Generation
Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)
Package
0.114 billions
Transistor Count
2.27 billions
90 nm
Manufacturing Process
32 nm
104 W
Power Consumption
135 W
-
Foundry
Intel
115 mm²
Die Size
435 mm²
CPU Performance
3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
0
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
1
Total Core Count
8
1
Total Thread Count
16
200 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
15.0
Multiplier
29.0
128 KB
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB
L2 Cache
256 K per core
-
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR1-400
Memory Types
DDR3
2
Max Memory Channels
4
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
-
PCIe Version
3
