Xeon E5-2470 v2 vs Opteron 252

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Aggregate performance score

Opteron 252
2005
1 core / 1 thread, 92 Watt
0.47
Xeon E5-2470 v2
2013
10 cores / 20 threads, 95 Watt
6.67
+1319%

Xeon E5-2470 v2 outperforms Opteron 252 by a whopping 1319% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 252 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29761085
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency0.496.69
DesignerAMDIntel
Architecture codenameTroy (2005)Ivy Bridge-EN (2013−2014)
Release dateFebruary 2005 (20 years ago)1 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$63no data

Detailed specifications

Opteron 252 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads120
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data160 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data80 °C
Number of transistors106 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 252 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration22
Socket940FCLGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)92 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 252 and Xeon E5-2470 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Opteron 252 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 252 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 252 and Xeon E5-2470 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data384 GB
Max memory channelsno data3
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 252 and Xeon E5-2470 v2.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Opteron 252 0.47
Xeon E5-2470 v2 6.67
+1319%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Opteron 252 760
Xeon E5-2470 v2 10692
+1307%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.47 6.67
Physical cores 1 10
Threads 1 20
Chip lithography 90 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 92 Watt 95 Watt

Opteron 252 has 3.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2470 v2, on the other hand, has a 1319.1% higher aggregate performance score, 900% more physical cores and 1900% more threads, and a 309.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Intel Xeon E5-2470 v2 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Opteron 252 in performance tests.

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