Pentium G4400TE vs Xeon E3-1220L

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220L and Pentium G4400TE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2071	2118
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.33	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	1 September 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$64
Current price	$41	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220L and Pentium G4400TE 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	3 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	131 mm2	98.57 mm210.3 mm × 9.57 mm
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	1750 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220L and Pentium G4400TE 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1155	LGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220L and Pentium G4400TE. 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	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FDI	-	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220L and Pentium G4400TE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220L and Pentium G4400TE 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 Pentium G4400TE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	32 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics 510

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220L and Pentium G4400TE.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	16

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.

Xeon E3-1220L outperforms Pentium G4400TE by 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.48	1.42
Recency	3 April 2011	1 September 2015
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	35 Watt

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