Xeon 6980P vs Intel Xeon E3 1220 v5

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Intel Xeon 6980P

Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon 6980P with 128 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1220 v5 with 4 cores 3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon 6980P 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v5 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 500W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon 6980P +69%

2015

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v5

1187

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon 6980P +158%

8257

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v5

3194

Xeon 6980P

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Intel Xeon E3 1220 v5

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

Oct 2015

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Granite Rapids

Core Architecture

Skylake-DT

Intel Socket 7529

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Skylake-DT)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

500 W

Power Consumption

80 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

122 mm²

10 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

128

Performance Cores

-

256

Performance Core Threads

-

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

128

Total Core Count

4

256

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

30.0

112 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

504 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-2133

3 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Xeon 6980P

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

3

96

PCIe Lanes

16

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