Xeon Silver 4210 vs E3-1220

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 and Xeon Silver 4210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1660	822
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.21	25.44
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$395	$501
Current price	$98 (0.2x MSRP)	$294 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4210 has 2002% better value for money than Xeon E3-1220.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 and Xeon Silver 4210 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)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	4	20
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	640 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	10 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	13.75 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	216 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	78 °C
Number of transistors	1,160 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	LGA1155	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 and Xeon Silver 4210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	no data	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FDI	-	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 and Xeon Silver 4210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Identity Protection	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 and Xeon Silver 4210 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 and Xeon Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	32 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 and Xeon Silver 4210.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	48

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 4210 outperforms E3-1220 by 243% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.54	8.72
Recency	3 April 2011	2 April 2019
Physical cores	4	10
Threads	4	20
Cost	$395	$501
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	85 Watt

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