Xeon Silver 4214 vs i3-2120T

Place in the ranking	2490	757
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.15	18.03
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency	2.60	11.35
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	4 September 2011 (13 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$50	$694

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4214 has 11920% better value for money than i3-2120T.

Detailed specifications

Core i3-2120T and Xeon Silver 4214 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	4	24
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	22
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	12 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	16.5 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	131 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	65 °C	77 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-2120T and Xeon Silver 4214 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	1	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1155	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-2120T and Xeon Silver 4214. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Core i3-2120T and Xeon Silver 4214 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Identity Protection	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-2120T and Xeon Silver 4214 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-2120T and Xeon Silver 4214. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	32 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics 2000	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-2120T and Xeon Silver 4214 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-2120T and Xeon Silver 4214.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i3-2120T 0.96

Xeon Silver 4214 10.19
+961%

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.

i3-2120T 1528

Xeon Silver 4214 16190
+960%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i3-2120T 399

Xeon Silver 4214 1009
+153%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i3-2120T 753

Xeon Silver 4214 6439
+755%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.96	10.19
Recency	4 September 2011	2 April 2019
Physical cores	2	12
Threads	4	24
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	85 Watt

i3-2120T has 142.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4214, on the other hand, has a 961.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4214 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i3-2120T in performance tests.

Note that Core i3-2120T is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4214 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i3-2120T and Xeon Silver 4214, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.