Xeon Bronze 3508U vs 5120
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Bronze 3508U outperforms Xeon 5120 by a whopping 1384% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3173 | 1198 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 0.28 | 2.16 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Woodcrest (2006) | no data |
| Release date | June 2006 (19 years ago) | 1 October 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $45 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Xeon 5120 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 1.86 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.87 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 22.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 65 °C | 83 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| VID voltage range | B2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 5120 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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 | no data |
| Socket | LGA771 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5120 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FSB parity | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon 5120 and Xeon Bronze 3508U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 5120 and Xeon Bronze 3508U are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5120 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC) |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 5120 and Xeon Bronze 3508U.
| PCIe version | no data | 4 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 80 |
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 | 0.43 | 6.38 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 125 Watt |
Xeon 5120 has 92.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon Bronze 3508U, on the other hand, has a 1383.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Bronze 3508U is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon 5120 in performance tests.
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