Xeon Platinum 8470 vs E3120

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E3120
2008
65 Watt
0.88
Xeon Platinum 8470
2023
52 cores / 104 threads, 350 Watt
56.01
+6265%

Xeon Platinum 8470 outperforms Xeon E3120 by a whopping 6265% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking268929
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data6.02
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency1.3015.36
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date1 July 2008 (16 years ago)10 January 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$9,359

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8470 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 data52
Threadsno data104
Base clock speed3.16 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache105 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8470 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
SocketLGA775FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8470. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® 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 Platinum 8470 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8470 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 Platinum 8470. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8470.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

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.

Xeon E3120 0.88
Xeon Platinum 8470 56.01
+6265%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Xeon E3120 1408
Xeon Platinum 8470 89850
+6281%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.88 56.01
Recency 1 July 2008 10 January 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon E3120 has 438.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8470, on the other hand, has a 6264.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 14 years.

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E3120 in performance tests.

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