AMD Athlon II X2 340
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
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AMD Athlon II X2 340 vs Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2012
AMD Athlon II X2 340
AMD Athlon II X2 340
Released
Q1/2014
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Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2

What's the best choice AMD Athlon II X2 340 or Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Athlon II X2 340 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q4/2012.

Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 has a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. 15 Cores. Power consumption of 130 W. Released in Q1/2014.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1484 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 28% better clock speed

    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 19% better overclocked clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.90 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 130 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon II X2 340 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    909 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    1009 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    737 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    852 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    766 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    767 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1239 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    867 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 7.5 times more cores

    15 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    565 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    305 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    533 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Athlon II X2 340 AMD Athlon II X2 340
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Athlon II left arrow Intel Xeon E7
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 4
  • CPU group
    AMD Athlon II (Trinity) left arrow Intel Xeon E7 v2
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 15
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.90 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 30
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 and AMD Athlon II X2 340. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1600 left arrow DDR3-1600
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    1 left arrow 4
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon II X2 340 and Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 130 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon II X2 340 and AMD Athlon II X2 340, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
  • L3-Cache
    1.00 MB left arrow 30.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Trinity left arrow Ivy Bridge EX
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 22 nm
  • Socket
    FM2 left arrow LGA 2011
  • Release date
    Q4/2012 left arrow Q1/2014

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Athlon II X2 340 and Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
1860
AMD Athlon II X2 340
10207
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2

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