Opteron X2170 vs Xeon L3110

Place in the ranking	2562	2330
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	1.76	4.56
Architecture codename	no data	Steppe Eagle (2016)
Release date	1 January 2009 (15 years ago)	1 September 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L3110 and Opteron X2170 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 cores	no data	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	no data	4
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L3110 and Opteron X2170 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	LGA775	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L3110 and Opteron X2170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon L3110 and Opteron X2170 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L3110 and Opteron X2170 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L3110 and Opteron X2170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Radeon R5E

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. 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.

Xeon L3110 0.87

Opteron X2170 1.25
+43.7%

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.

Xeon L3110 1338

Opteron X2170 1911
+42.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.87	1.25
Recency	1 January 2009	1 September 2016
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	25 Watt

Opteron X2170 has a 43.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 80% lower power consumption.

The Opteron X2170 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon L3110 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon L3110 and Opteron X2170, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.