Intel Xeon Gold 5420 vs Intel Xeon E3 1230

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

Intel Xeon E3-1230

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1230 with 4 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (52.5MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1230 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +65%

2145

Intel Xeon E3 1230

1294

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +361%

17725

Intel Xeon E3 1230

3842

Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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Intel Xeon E3 1230

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Apr 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

80 W

84 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

216 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

28

Total Core Count

4

56

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

32.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

52.5 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

80

PCIe Lanes

16

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