Intel Core i5 2500 vs AMD Opteron 41GL EE |
Released January, 2011
Intel Core i5 2500
- 3.3 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i5 2500
 | Much higher clock speed 3.3 GHz | | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm |
| | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.7 GHz | | More l3 cache per core 1.5 MB/core |
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Released June, 2010
AMD Opteron 41GL EE
- 1.8 GHz
- Hexa core
Reasons to buy the AMD Opteron 41GL EE
| | Much more l2 cache 3 MB | | Much lower typical power consumption 32.5W |
| | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 2 | | More cores 6 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much higher clock speed | 3.3 GHz | vs | 1.8 GHz | Around 85% higher clock speed | |||
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.7 GHz | vs | 1.8 GHz | More than 2x better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| More l3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | vs | 1 MB/core | 50% more l3 cache per core | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.21 GHz | vs | 1.8 GHz | More than 2.2x better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
| Newer | Jan, 2011 | vs | Jun, 2010 | Release date 6 months later | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 3 MB | vs | 1 MB | 3x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much lower typical power consumption | 32.5W | vs | 77.19W | 2.4x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
| More cores | 6 | vs | 4 | 2 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More l2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| More threads | 6 | vs | 4 | 2 more threads | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 9.64 $/year | vs | 22.89 $/year | 2.4x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 35.04 $/year | vs | 83.22 $/year | 2.4x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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Features Key features of the Core i5 2500 vs Opteron 41GL EE
clock speed
L2 cache
L3 cache
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i5 2500 | vs | Opteron 41GL EE |
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| Clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 1.8 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Hexa core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 1155 | |||
| C32 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI | HyperTransport 3.0 | |
details | Core i5 2500 | vs | Opteron 41GL EE |
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| Threads | 4 | 6 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 3 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 6 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 2 | |
| Clock multiplier | 33 | 9 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 1.8 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.21 GHz | 1.8 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.7 GHz | 1.8 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 95W | 40W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 9.64 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 35.04 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 32.5W | |
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