Intel Xeon E3-1220LV2 vs E3-1220 v2 |
Released May, 2012
Intel Xeon E3-1220LV2
- 2.3 GHz
- Dual core
5.3 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E3-1220LV2
 | Much lower typical power consumption 13.81W | | Much more l2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core |
| | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 14.89 $/year | | Much lower annual home energy cost 4.1 $/year |
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Released May, 2012
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2
- 3.1 GHz
- Quad core
5.4 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the E3-1220 v2
| | Much higher clock speed 3.1 GHz | | Much more l3 cache 8 MB |
| | Much better PassMark score 6,602 | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.45 GHz |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of E3-1220LV2 vs E3-1220 v2 among all CPUs
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Sky Diver and Cloud Gate | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 13.81W | vs | 56.06W | 4.1x lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Much more l2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 14.89 $/year | vs | 60.44 $/year | 4.1x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 4.1 $/year | vs | 16.62 $/year | 4.1x lower annual home energy cost | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 3.1 GHz | vs | 2.3 GHz | Around 35% higher clock speed | |||
| Much more l3 cache | 8 MB | vs | 3 MB | Around 2.8x more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much better PassMark score | 6,602 | vs | 4,427 | Around 50% better PassMark score | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.45 GHz | vs | 1.8 GHz | More than 90% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Much better performance per dollar | 4.66 pt/$ | vs | 0.78 pt/$ | Around 6x better performance per dollar | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.1 GHz | vs | 1.8 GHz | More than 70% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
| More l3 cache per core | 2 MB/core | vs | 1.5 MB/core | Around 35% more l3 cache per core | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E3-1220LV2 vs E3-1220 v2
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E3-1220LV2 | vs | E3-1220 v2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 3.1 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 1155 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 17W | 69W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 4.1 $/year | 16.62 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 14.89 $/year | 60.44 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 8.68 pt/W | 13.51 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 13.81W | 56.06W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI | DMI | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s | |
details | Xeon E3-1220LV2 | vs | E3-1220 v2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | 8 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 22 | 31 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 3.45 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.8 GHz | 3.1 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 1.8 GHz | 3.45 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1600 | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3-1066 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
| Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
| Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,600 MB/s | 25,600 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 33,003.52 MB | 33,556.48 MB | |
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