Xeon Bronze 3204 vs E-2224

Place in performance ranking	1208	1540
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	12.43	20.64
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E	Intel Xeon Bronze
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$193	$213
Current price	$297 (1.5x MSRP)	$106 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Bronze 3204 has 66% better value for money than Xeon E-2224.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Bronze 3204 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	4 (Quad-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	4	6
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.6 GHz	1.9 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	6 MB
L3 cache	8 MB	8.25 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	126 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	77 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Bronze 3204 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	FCLGA1151	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	71 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Bronze 3204. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Bronze 3204 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Bronze 3204 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Bronze 3204. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size	128 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	102.403 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Bronze 3204 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	N/A	no data
Max resolution over eDP	N/A	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	N/A	no data
Max resolution over VGA	N/A	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Bronze 3204 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	N/A	no data
OpenGL	N/A	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Bronze 3204.

PCIe version	3.0	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.

Xeon E-2224 4.74
+51.4%

Xeon Bronze 3204 3.13

E-2224 outperforms Bronze 3204 by 51% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E-2224 7324
+51.5%

Xeon Bronze 3204 4835

E-2224 outperforms Bronze 3204 by 51% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E-2224 1483
+117%

Xeon Bronze 3204 684

E-2224 outperforms Bronze 3204 by 117% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E-2224 4163
+43%

Xeon Bronze 3204 2911

E-2224 outperforms Bronze 3204 by 43% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.