Ultra 5 225 vs Xeon E3-1220L

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220L and Core Ultra 5 225 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2187not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency6.81no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)January 2025

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220L and Core Ultra 5 225 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 cores2 (Dual-core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads410
Base clock speed2.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)3 MB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)21 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm3 nm
Die size131 mm2243 mm2
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 million17,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220L and Core Ultra 5 225 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA11551851
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220L and Core Ultra 5 225. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVXno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
FDI-no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220L and Core Ultra 5 225 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 and Core Ultra 5 225 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 and Core Ultra 5 225. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataArc Xe-LPG Graphics 32EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220L and Core Ultra 5 225.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes2020

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 10
Threads 4 10
Chip lithography 32 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon E3-1220L has 225% lower power consumption.

Ultra 5 225, on the other hand, has 400% more physical cores and 150% more threads, and a 966.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1220L and Core Ultra 5 225. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1220L is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 5 225 is a desktop one.


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