Athlon Silver 3050U vs Xeon E3-1220 v2
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E3-1220 v2 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by an impressive 56% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1561 | 1874 |
| 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 Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) |
| Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge (2012−2013) | Dali (Zen) |
| Release date | 14 May 2012 (12 years ago) | 7 January 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $220 | no data |
| Current price | $30 (0.1x MSRP) | $471 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 160 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 4500 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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 | FCLGA1155 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 69 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX | DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| 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 Athlon Silver 3050U 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 Athlon Silver 3050U 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 Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 32.77 GB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
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 E3-1220 v2 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by 56% 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 E3-1220 v2 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by 56% 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%
Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Xeon E3-1220 v2 by 29% 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 E3-1220 v2 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by 37% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.02 | 1.93 |
| Recency | 14 May 2012 | 7 January 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 69 Watt | 15 Watt |
The Xeon E3-1220 v2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E3-1220 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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