GX-210JA vs Xeon E3-1290 v2

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1290 v2 and GX-210JA processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1416not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.69no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD
Power efficiency4.33no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Temash (2013)
Release date14 May 2012 (12 years ago)23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$885no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1290 v2 and GX-210JA 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed3.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz1 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography22 nm28 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1290 v2 and GX-210JA 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA1155FT3 BGA
Power consumption (TDP)87 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1290 v2 and GX-210JA. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no 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 E3-1290 v2 and GX-210JA 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 E3-1290 v2 and GX-210JA 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 E3-1290 v2 and GX-210JA. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32.77 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1290 v2 and GX-210JA.

PCIe version3.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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 E3-1290 v2 6315
+2446%
GX-210JA 248

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2012 23 May 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 87 Watt 6 Watt

Xeon E3-1290 v2 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

GX-210JA, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 1350% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1290 v2 and GX-210JA. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1290 v2 is a server/workstation processor while GX-210JA is a notebook one.


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