Intel Pentium B960 vs AMD Opteron 140 |
Released October, 2011
Intel Pentium B960
- 2.2 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium B960
 | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | | Significantly higher clock speed 2.2 GHz |
| | Much lower typical power consumption 28.44W | | Newer Oct, 2011 |
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Released June, 2003
AMD Opteron 140
- 1.4 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the AMD Opteron 140
| | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 130 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 2.2 GHz | vs | 1.4 GHz | More than 55% higher clock speed | |||
| Much lower typical power consumption | 28.44W | vs | 66.71W | 2.3x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Newer | Oct, 2011 | vs | Jun, 2003 | Release date over 8 years later | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.2 GHz | vs | 1.4 GHz | More than 55% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Better performance per watt | 2.98 pt/W | vs | 0.2 pt/W | More than 15x better performance per watt | |||
| More cores | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Better PassMark score | 1,859 | vs | 396 | Around 4.8x better PassMark score | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | vs | 19.78 $/year | 2.3x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 30.66 $/year | vs | 71.92 $/year | 2.3x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.2 GHz | vs | 1.4 GHz | More than 55% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium B960 vs Opteron 140
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Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium B960 | vs | Opteron 140 |
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| Clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 1.4 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Single core | |
| Socket type | |||
| rPGA 988B | |||
| 940 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
details | Pentium B960 | vs | Opteron 140 |
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| Threads | 2 | 1 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 130 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 22 | 7 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 1.4 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.2 GHz | 1.4 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.2 GHz | 1.4 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 35W | 82.1W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | 19.78 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 30.66 $/year | 71.92 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 2.98 pt/W | 0.2 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 28.44W | 66.71W | |
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