Xeon Platinum 8268 vs E3-1225 v3

Place in the ranking	1571	240
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.07	5.59
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	3.76	10.02
Architecture codename	Haswell-WS (2013−2014)	Cascade Lake-SP (2018−2019)
Release date	2 June 2013 (11 years ago)	11 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$384	$6,302

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Platinum 8268 has 422% better value for money than Xeon E3-1225 v3.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1225 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8268 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)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	4	48
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	29
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)	35.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	84 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1225 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8268 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	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1150	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1225 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8268. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1225 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8268 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1225 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8268 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1225 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8268. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	32 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD P4600	N/A
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.2 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1225 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8268 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1225 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8268.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

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 E3-1225 v3 3.35

Xeon Platinum 8268 21.79
+550%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E3-1225 v3 5301

Xeon Platinum 8268 34483
+550%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.35	21.79
Recency	2 June 2013	11 December 2018
Physical cores	4	24
Threads	4	48
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	205 Watt

Xeon E3-1225 v3 has 144% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8268, on the other hand, has a 550.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Platinum 8268 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1225 v3 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1225 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8268, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.