Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 vs E5-1607 v4

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Combined performance score

Xeon E5-1607 v4
3.38

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1220 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking14531450
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.872.23
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Haswell-WS (2013)
Release date20 June 2016 (7 years old)2 June 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$239
Current price$110 $67 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-1607 v4 has 74% better value for money than Xeon E3-1220 v3.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1220 v3 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus support5 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache10 MB8192 KB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die size246.24 mm2160 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Number of transistors3200 Million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1220 v3 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA2011-3FCLGA1150
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1220 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology--
TSX++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-+
SIPPno data+
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Fast Memory Accessno data+
StatusLaunchedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1220 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key++
Identity Protection++
OS Guard++
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1220 v3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1220 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size1.5 TB32 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/s25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1220 v3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4016

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 E5-1607 v4 3.38
Xeon E3-1220 v3 3.39
+0.3%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E5-1607 v4 5187
Xeon E3-1220 v3 5210
+0.4%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-1607 v4 1031
Xeon E3-1220 v3 1110
+7.7%

E3-1220 v3 outperforms E5-1607 v4 by 8% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-1607 v4 3083
Xeon E3-1220 v3 3188
+3.4%

E3-1220 v3 outperforms E5-1607 v4 by 3% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.38 3.39
Recency 20 June 2016 2 June 2013
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 80 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1220 v3. The differences in performance seem too small.


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