Athlon 5150 vs Xeon E3-1220 v5

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Athlon 5150 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1402	2442
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.75	0.05
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon E3	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	19 October 2015 (8 years ago)	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$203	no data
Current price	$199 (1x MSRP)	$108

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E3-1220 v5 has 3400% better value for money than Athlon 5150.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Athlon 5150 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 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2048 KB
L3 cache	8 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	122 mm2	107 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Athlon 5150 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
Socket	FCLGA1151	AM1
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Athlon 5150. 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	+	+
FMA	no data	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerTune	no data	-
TrueAudio	no data	-
PowerNow	no data	+
PowerGating	no data	+
Out-of-band client management	no data	-
VirusProtect	no data	+
RAID	no data	-
vPro	+	no data
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
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Athlon 5150 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	no data
SGX	Yes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Athlon 5150 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data
IOMMU 2.0	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Athlon 5150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Number of pipelines	no data	128
Enduro	no data	+
Switchable graphics	no data	1
UVD	no data	+
VCE	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	N/A	no data
Max resolution over eDP	N/A	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	N/A	no data
Max resolution over VGA	N/A	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	N/A	DirectX® 12
OpenGL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	no data	1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Athlon 5150.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4

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.

Xeon E3-1220 v5 outperforms Athlon 5150 by 317% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.75	0.90
Recency	19 October 2015	9 April 2014
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	25 Watt

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