Intel Xeon E5-2403 vs E3-1220 v2 |
Released May, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2403
- 1.8 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2403
 | Supports more RAM 393,216 MB | | More l3 cache 10 MB |
| | More l3 cache per core 2.5 MB/core | | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 2 |
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Released May, 2012
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2
- 3.1 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the E3-1220 v2
| | Much higher clock speed 3.1 GHz | | Much better PassMark score 6,602 |
| | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,806 | | Newer manufacturing process 22 nm |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Supports more RAM | 393,216 MB | vs | 33,556.48 MB | Supports around 11.8x more RAM | |||
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| More l3 cache | 10 MB | vs | 8 MB | 25% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
| More l3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | vs | 2 MB/core | 25% more l3 cache per core | |||
| Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 3.1 GHz | vs | 1.8 GHz | More than 70% higher clock speed | |||
| Much better PassMark score | 6,602 | vs | 3,475 | Around 90% better PassMark score | |||
| Much better PassMark (Single core) score | 1,806 | vs | 907 | Around 2x better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
| Newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Lower typical power consumption | 56.06W | vs | 65W | Around 15% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Lower annual commercial energy cost | 60.44 $/year | vs | 70.08 $/year | Around 15% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Lower annual home energy cost | 16.62 $/year | vs | 19.27 $/year | Around 15% lower annual home energy cost | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-2403 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 E5-2403 | vs | E3-1220 v2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 3.1 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
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 | 80W | 69W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 19.27 $/year | 16.62 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 70.08 $/year | 60.44 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 5.67 pt/W | 13.51 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 65W | 56.06W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | QPI | DMI | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfer rate | 6,400 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s | |
details | Xeon E5-2403 | vs | E3-1220 v2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 10 MB | 8 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 2 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 0 | 1 | |
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 | |||
| DDR3-800 | |||
| Channels | Triple Channel | Dual Channel | |
| Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,599.99 MB/s | 25,600 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 393,216 MB | 33,556.48 MB | |
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