Xeon Silver 4210 vs E3-1220 v2

Aggregate performance score

Xeon E3-1220 v2
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 69 Watt
2.95
Xeon Silver 4210
2019
10 cores / 20 threads, 85 Watt
8.55
+190%

Xeon Silver 4210 outperforms Xeon E3-1220 v2 by a whopping 190% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1654893
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.5819.29
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency4.049.51
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date14 May 2012 (12 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$220$501

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4210 has 1121% better value for money than Xeon E3-1220 v2.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads420
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache64 KB (per core)640 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)10 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)13.75 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data78 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1155FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)69 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVXIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Fast Memory Access+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Identity Protection+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size32.77 GB1 TB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

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 2.95
Xeon Silver 4210 8.55
+190%

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.

Xeon E3-1220 v2 4681
Xeon Silver 4210 13575
+190%

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.

Xeon E3-1220 v2 589
Xeon Silver 4210 961
+63.2%

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.

Xeon E3-1220 v2 1826
Xeon Silver 4210 5592
+206%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.95 8.55
Recency 14 May 2012 2 April 2019
Physical cores 4 10
Threads 4 20
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 69 Watt 85 Watt

Xeon E3-1220 v2 has 23.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4210, on the other hand, has a 189.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 150% more physical cores and 400% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4210 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1220 v2 in performance tests.


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