Xeon E3-1220L v3 vs E5606

Primary Details

Comparing Xeon E5606 and Xeon E3-1220L v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2010	2403
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.41	0.07
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Haswell-WS (2013)
Release date	14 February 2011 (13 years ago)	2 June 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$46	no data
Current price	$105 (2.3x MSRP)	$149

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5606 has 486% better value for money than Xeon E3-1220L v3.

Detailed Specifications

Xeon E5606 and Xeon E3-1220L 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.13 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.13 GHz	1.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	4096 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Die size	239 mm2	160 mm2
Number of transistors	1,170 million	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5606 and Xeon E3-1220L 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 configuration	2	1
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	FCLGA1150
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	13 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5606 and Xeon E3-1220L v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	no data	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	no data	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5606 and Xeon E3-1220L v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5606 and Xeon E3-1220L v3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5606 and Xeon E3-1220L v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	288 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	3	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5606 and Xeon E3-1220L v3.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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.

E5606 outperforms E3-1220L v3 by 68% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	1.53	0.91
Recency	14 February 2011	2 June 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	13 Watt

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