Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3
Intel Socket 1150SERVER
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3
Intel Xeon E3-1220
Intel Socket 1155SERVER
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2011
Intel Xeon E3-1220

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1220

None

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3Intel Xeon E3-1220
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
ECC
HTT
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
x8 SDDC
vPro

Architecture

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3Intel Xeon E3-1220
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3, DDR4vsDDR3
CodenameHaswell-WSvsSandy Bridge
Release DateJun 2013vsApr 2011

Cores

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3Intel Xeon E3-1220
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3Intel Xeon E3-1220
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3Intel Xeon E3-1220
SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA10
Die Size160mm²vs216mm²
Process22 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3Intel Xeon E3-1220
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP80 Wvs80 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3
    4368 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1220
    3400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3
    18816 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1220
    14880 points

Points - higher is better