Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2 vs Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3

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Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2 with 6 cores 2.2GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3 with 4 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2

487

Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3 +161%

1275

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2

2350

Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3 +78%

4198

Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2

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Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3

General Parameters

Sep 2013

Release Date

May 2014

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Ivy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Haswell-WS

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

Intel Socket 1150

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-EN)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

80 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

160 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

34.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3-1600

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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