AMD Opteron X2170: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Opteron X2170 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.20% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started Opteron X2170 sales 1 September 2016. This is a Steppe Eagle architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 28 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.4 and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FT3 processor with a TDP of 25 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Opteron X2170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2349 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 4.54 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Steppe Eagle (2016) | |
| Release date | 1 September 2016 (8 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron X2170 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FT3 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Opteron X2170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| FMA | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Opteron X2170's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Opteron X2170.
| Integrated graphics card | Radeon R5E |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron X2170. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Opteron X2170 is Xeon E5507, which is faster by 1% and higher by 9 positions in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Opteron X2170, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Opteron X2170 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 1 configurations using Opteron X2170 in our database.
