Xeon Gold 6252N vs E3-1280

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1280 and Xeon Gold 6252N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1514	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.06	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	3.52	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$450	$4,259

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1280 and Xeon Gold 6252N 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	8	48
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	23
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	1.5 MB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	24 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	35.75 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	216 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	1,160 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1280 and Xeon Gold 6252N 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	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	LGA1155	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1280 and Xeon Gold 6252N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
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
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FDI	-	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1280 and Xeon Gold 6252N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Identity Protection	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1280 and Xeon Gold 6252N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1280 and Xeon Gold 6252N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	32 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1280 and Xeon Gold 6252N.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 April 2011	2 April 2019
Physical cores	4	24
Threads	8	48
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	150 Watt

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