Xeon E5430 vs E3-1220 v2

Primary Details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon E5430 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1530	2071
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	7.12	0.18
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	no data
Release date	14 May 2012 (11 years ago)	1 October 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$220	no data
Current price	$30 (0.1x MSRP)	$201

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E3-1220 v2 has 3856% better value for money than Xeon E5430.

Detailed Specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon E5430 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)	no data
Threads	4	no data
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	12 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	67 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon E5430 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	LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon E5430. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	-	no data
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	+
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
FSB parity	no data	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon E5430 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Identity Protection	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon E5430 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon E5430. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon E5430.

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.

E3-1220 v2 outperforms E5430 by 110% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	3.02	1.44
Recency	14 May 2012	1 October 2007
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	80 Watt

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