Intel Xeon Phi 3120P: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Xeon Phi 3120P sales 17 June 2013. This is a Knights Corner architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 57 cores and 228 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1100 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is PCIe x16 processor with a TDP of 300 Watt. It supports DDR3, DDR4 memory.
We have no data on Xeon Phi 3120P benchmark results.
General info
Xeon Phi 3120P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Architecture codename | Knights Corner (2012−2014) | |
| Release date | 17 June 2013 (10 years old) | |
| Current price | $57 | of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 57 (Heptapentaconta-Core) | |
| Threads | 228 | |
| Boost clock speed | 1.1 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 32 KB (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB (shared) | of 786432 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 350 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Phi 3120P compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | PCIe x16 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Phi 3120P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Phi 3120P's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 |
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Xeon Phi 3120P, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Xeon Phi 3120P in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 1 configurations based on Xeon Phi 3120P in our database.
