Xeon Silver 4309Y vs E3-1220 v5

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4309Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1401	582
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.02	25.61
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E3	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	19 October 2015 (8 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$203	no data
Current price	$91 (0.4x MSRP)	$683

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4309Y has 2411% better value for money than Xeon E3-1220 v5.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Die size	122 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	76 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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	FCLGA1151	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. 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
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4309Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	64 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 Xeon Silver 4309Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	N/A	no data
OpenGL	N/A	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4309Y.

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 4309Y outperforms E3-1220 v5 by 229% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.75	12.35
Recency	19 October 2015	6 April 2021
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	105 Watt

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