Intel Xeon E5-2420 vs Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

Intel Xeon E5-2420
Intel Socket 1366SERVER
1900 MHz / Cores: 6 / May 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2420
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
Intel Socket 1150SERVER
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2420

None

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Xeon E5-2420.
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.

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E5-2420Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
AVX2
VT-x
VT-d
ECC
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
x8 SDDC
vPro

Architecture

Intel Xeon E5-2420Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameSandy Bridge-ENvsHaswell-WS
Release DateMay 2012vsJun 2013

Cores

Intel Xeon E5-2420Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs8
SMPs2vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD P4600

Cache

Intel Xeon E5-2420Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache15360 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E5-2420Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
SocketIntel Socket 1366vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Size294mm²vs160mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E5-2420Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
Cpu Frequency1900 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock2400 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.35 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2420
    2400 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
    4032 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2420
    13680 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
    17203 points

Points - higher is better