Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs Xeon E3-1230 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Iris Pro Graphics 580 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1453	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.72	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Iris Graphics
Power efficiency	5.35	no data
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Gen9
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$360	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Iris Pro Graphics 580 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)	no data
Threads	8	no data
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	0.35 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	66 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Iris Pro Graphics 580 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1155	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Iris Pro Graphics 580. 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)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Iris Pro Graphics 580 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Iris Pro Graphics 580 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 E3-1230 v2 and Iris Pro Graphics 580. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	32.77 GB	65,536 MB 67,108,864 KB 68,719,476,736 B 0.0625 TiB 64 GB
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 E3-1230 v2 and Iris Pro Graphics 580.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

22 nm

14 nm

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