A8-4500M vs Xeon E3-1220 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v2 and A8-4500M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1558	2312
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.12	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$220	no data
Current price	$30 (0.1x MSRP)	$179

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v2 and A8-4500M 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	4 MB (shared)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	160 mm2	246 mm2
Number of transistors	1,400 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v2 and A8-4500M 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	1
Socket	FCLGA1155	FS1r2
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and A8-4500M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v2 and A8-4500M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and A8-4500M are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and A8-4500M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	unknown
Maximum memory size	32.77 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 7640G

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and A8-4500M.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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 E3-1220 v2 outperforms A8-4500M by 177% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.02	1.09
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	35 Watt

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