Xeon E3-1278L v4 vs E3-1220L v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Xeon E3-1278L v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2196	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	7.90	no data
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Broadwell-DT (2015)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	2 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Xeon E3-1278L v4 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	182 mm2
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Xeon E3-1278L v4 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	FCLGA1155	Intel BGA 1364
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	47 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Xeon E3-1278L v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Xeon E3-1278L v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Xeon E3-1278L v4 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Xeon E3-1278L v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	32.23 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel Iris Pro P6300

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Xeon E3-1278L v4.

PCIe version

3.0

3.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 May 2012	2 June 2015
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	47 Watt

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