Pentium J3710 vs Xeon E3-1220 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Pentium J3710 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1599	2535
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.80	0.06
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	3.87	13.39
Architecture codename	Haswell-WS (2013−2014)	Airmont (2016)
Release date	2 June 2013 (11 years ago)	10 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$239	$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E3-1220 v3 has 2900% better value for money than Pentium J3710.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Pentium J3710 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	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.64 GHz
Bus type	no data	IDI
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Pentium J3710 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1150	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	6.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Pentium J3710. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	+	-
Smart Response	no data	-
GPIO	no data	+
Smart Connect	no data	-
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
HD Audio	no data	+
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Pentium J3710 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	no data	+
Secure Key	+	+
Identity Protection	+	+
OS Guard	+	-
Anti-Theft	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Pentium J3710 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Pentium J3710. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	32 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	740 MHz
Execution Units	no data	18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Pentium J3710 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Pentium J3710 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	+
OpenGL	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Pentium J3710.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	5
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	5
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.27	0.92
Recency	2 June 2013	10 January 2016
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	6 Watt

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