Pentium G620 vs Xeon E3120

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3120 and Pentium G620 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2426	2523
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	7.43
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	no data	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	1 July 2008 (15 years ago)	22 May 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$60
Current price	$160	$73 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium G620 has 12283% better value for money than Xeon E3120.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3120 and Pentium G620 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	no data	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	no data	2
Base clock speed	3.16 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	69 °C
Number of transistors	no data	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3120 and Pentium G620 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	no data	1
Socket	LGA775	FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3120 and Pentium G620. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E3120 and Pentium G620 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3120 and Pentium G620 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3120 and Pentium G620. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	17 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3120 and Pentium G620 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3120 and Pentium G620.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

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 E3120 outperforms Pentium G620 by 17% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.91	0.78
Recency	1 July 2008	22 May 2011
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm

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