Pentium 4 560 vs Xeon E3-1220L v3

Place in the ranking	2557	3213
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Pentium 4
Power efficiency	5.26	0.23
Architecture codename	Haswell-WS (2013−2014)	Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date	2 June 2013 (11 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Pentium 4 560 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	1
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	800 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	16 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	4096 KB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Die size	160 mm²	109 mm²
Number of transistors	1,400 million	125 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Pentium 4 560 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	FCLGA1150	775
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	88 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Pentium 4 560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	+	-
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Pentium 4 560 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Pentium 4 560 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Pentium 4 560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Pentium 4 560.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.89	0.21
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	88 Watt

Xeon E3-1220L v3 has a 323.8% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 309.1% more advanced lithography process, and 576.9% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E3-1220L v3 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4 560 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1220L v3 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium 4 560 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Pentium 4 560, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.