Xeon E3-1270L v4 vs Gold 5317
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5317 outperforms Xeon E3-1270L v4 by a whopping 259% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 505 | 1489 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 11.13 | 10.34 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Ice Lake-SP (2021) | Broadwell-DT (2015) |
| Release date | 6 April 2021 (4 years ago) | 2 June 2015 (10 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon E3-1270L v4 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 24 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 18 MB (shared) | 6 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 182 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 84 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon E3-1270L v4 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 | FCLGA4189 | 1150 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon E3-1270L v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| eDRAM | no data | 128 MB |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| FDI | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon E3-1270L v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® SPS | no data |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon E3-1270L v4 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon E3-1270L v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600, DDR3L-1866 |
| Maximum memory size | 6 TB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 8 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 29.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon E3-1270L v4.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | 16 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 15.57 | 4.34 |
| Recency | 6 April 2021 | 2 June 2015 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 4 |
| Threads | 24 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 45 Watt |
Xeon Gold 5317 has a 258.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.
Xeon E3-1270L v4, on the other hand, has 233.3% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5317 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E3-1270L v4 in performance tests.
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