Xeon Bronze 3508U vs E3-1220 v5

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Bronze 3508U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1482not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.53no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3no data
Power efficiency4.33no data
Architecture codenameSkylake-DT (2015)no data
Release date19 October 2015 (9 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$203no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size122 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data83 °C
Number of transistors1,750 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA1151FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Bronze 3508U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® MEYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Bronze 3508U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size64 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Bronze 3508U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4N/Ano data
Max resolution over eDPN/Ano data
Max resolution over DisplayPortN/Ano data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Bronze 3508U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Bronze 3508U.

PCIe version3.04
PCI Express lanes1680

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 October 2015 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon E3-1220 v5 has 56.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Bronze 3508U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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