Athlon Silver 3050U vs Xeon E3-1220 v6

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E3-1220 v6
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 72 Watt
3.63
+85.2%
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.96

Xeon E3-1220 v6 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by an impressive 85% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v6 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking15241966
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.73no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E3AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency4.6011.91
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date28 March 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$193no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v6 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3023
L1 cache256 KB192 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache8 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v6 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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
SocketFCLGA1151FP5
Power consumption (TDP)72 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v6 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v6 and Athlon Silver 3050U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v6 and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 v6 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400, DDR3L-1866DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 2

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v6 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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 v6 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v6 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1612

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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 v6 3.63
+85.2%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.96

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E3-1220 v6 5549
+85.5%
Athlon Silver 3050U 2992

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E3-1220 v6 1215
+57.4%
Athlon Silver 3050U 772

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E3-1220 v6 3515
+162%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1344

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.63 1.96
Recency 28 March 2017 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 72 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon E3-1220 v6 has a 85.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 380% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E3-1220 v6 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1220 v6 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1220 v6 and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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