Xeon Silver 4310 vs E3-1220 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Xeon Silver 4310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1497	459
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.23	20.79
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Haswell-WS (2013)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	2 June 2013 (11 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$239	no data
Current price	$76 (0.3x MSRP)	$1044

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4310 has 832% better value for money than Xeon E3-1220 v3.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Xeon Silver 4310 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	4	24
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	82 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	82 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Xeon Silver 4310 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	2
Socket	FCLGA1150	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Xeon Silver 4310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Xeon Silver 4310 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Xeon Silver 4310 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Xeon Silver 4310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	32 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Xeon Silver 4310.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	64

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.

Silver 4310 outperforms E3-1220 v3 by 334% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.37	14.64
Recency	2 June 2013	6 April 2021
Physical cores	4	12
Threads	4	24
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	120 Watt

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