Xeon E3-1220L vs Celeron N6211
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E3-1220L outperforms Celeron N6211 by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2495 | 2482 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.33 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | Elkhart Lake | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 6.88 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Elkhart Lake (2022) | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 17 July 2022 (3 years ago) | 3 April 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $54 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Celeron N6211 and Xeon E3-1220L basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.2 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 3 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 70 °C | 78 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 504 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron N6211 and Xeon E3-1220L compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | BGA1493 | FCLGA1155 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1.5 MB | 20 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N6211 and Xeon E3-1220L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| FDI | no data | - |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
Celeron N6211 and Xeon E3-1220L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N6211 and Xeon E3-1220L are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N6211 and Xeon E3-1220L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 21 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) (250 - 750 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N6211 and Xeon E3-1220L.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.27 | 1.28 |
| Recency | 17 July 2022 | 3 April 2011 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 20 Watt |
Celeron N6211 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 1900% lower power consumption.
Xeon E3-1220L, on the other hand, has a 0.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Celeron N6211 and Intel Xeon E3-1220L.
Note that Celeron N6211 is a desktop processor while Xeon E3-1220L is a server/workstation one.
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