Xeon Gold 5317 vs E3120

Aggregate performance score

Xeon E3120
2008
65 Watt
0.92
Xeon Gold 5317
2021
12 cores / 24 threads, 150 Watt
17.90
+1846%

Xeon Gold 5317 outperforms Xeon E3120 by a whopping 1846% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3120 and Xeon Gold 5317 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2536364
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency1.2910.88
Architecture codenameno dataIce Lake-SP (2021)
Release date1 July 2008 (16 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3120 and Xeon Gold 5317 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 coresno data12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threadsno data24
Base clock speed3.16 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data84 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3120 and Xeon Gold 5317 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 configurationno data2
SocketLGA775FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3120 and Xeon Gold 5317. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3120 and Xeon Gold 5317 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3120 and Xeon Gold 5317 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3120 and Xeon Gold 5317. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3120 and Xeon Gold 5317.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

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 E3120 0.92
Xeon Gold 5317 17.90
+1846%

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 E3120 1408
Xeon Gold 5317 27387
+1845%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.92 17.90
Recency 1 July 2008 6 April 2021
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon E3120 has 130.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5317, on the other hand, has a 1845.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 5317 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3120 in performance tests.


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