Intel Xeon X3360 vs E3120

older Released January, 2008

Intel Xeon X3360

2.83 GHz
Quad core

Front view of Intel Xeon X3360

5.1 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X3360

	Much more l2 cache 12 MB		More cores 4
	More threads 4

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older Released August, 2008

Intel Xeon E3120

3.16 GHz
Dual core

Front view of Intel Xeon E3120

4.7 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the E3120

	Much higher clock speed 3.16 GHz		Significantly lower typical power consumption 52.81W
	Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.42 GHz		Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.17 GHz

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Xeon X3360 5.4 Xeon E3120 5.2 Core2 Quad Q9550 5.4
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Xeon X3360 7.8 Xeon E3120 6.3 Core2 Quad Q9550 7.8
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Xeon X3360 n.d. Xeon E3120 n.d. Core2 Quad Q9550 n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Xeon X3360 0.0 Xeon E3120 0.0 Core2 Quad Q9550 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Xeon X3360 5.0 Xeon E3120 5.1 Core2 Quad Q9550 5.0
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Xeon X3360 n.d. Xeon E3120 n.d. Core2 Quad Q9550 n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

5.1	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Xeon X3360 5.1 Xeon E3120 4.7 Core2 Quad Q9550 5.1

Winner
Intel Xeon X3360

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Xeon X3360 based on its performance and value.

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Xeon X3360

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Much more l2 cache

12 MB

vs

6 MB

2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

More cores

4

vs

2

Twice as many cores; run more applications at once

More threads

4

vs

2

Twice as many threads

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Intel Xeon E3120

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Much higher clock speed

3.16 GHz

vs

2.83 GHz

More than 10% higher clock speed

Significantly lower typical power consumption

52.81W

vs

77.19W

More than 30% lower typical power consumption

Much better overclocked clock speed (Air)

4.42 GHz

vs

3.97 GHz

More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Much better overclocked clock speed (Water)

3.17 GHz

vs

2.83 GHz

More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost

56.94 $/year

vs

83.22 $/year

More than 30% lower annual commercial energy cost

Significantly lower annual home energy cost

15.66 $/year

vs

22.89 $/year

More than 30% lower annual home energy cost

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Aug, 2008

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Jan, 2008

Release date 7 months later

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

5,513

2,995

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

1,589

1,690

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

122,200 MB/s

134.6 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

4,024

2,241

PassMark (Single Core)

1,202

1,338

summary	Xeon X3360	vs	E3120
Clock speed	2.83 GHz		3.16 GHz
Cores	Quad core		Dual core
Socket type
LGA 775
features
Has a NX bit	Yes		Yes
Supports trusted computing	No		No
Has virtualization support	Yes		Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
Supplemental SSE3
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes		Yes
power consumption
TDP	95W		65W
Annual home energy cost	22.89 $/year		15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	83.22 $/year		56.94 $/year
Performance per watt	1.65 pt/W		1.39 pt/W
Typical power consumption	77.19W		52.81W

details	Xeon X3360	vs	E3120
Architecture	x86-64		x86-64
Threads	4		2
L2 cache	12 MB		6 MB
L2 cache per core	3 MB/core		3 MB/core
Manufacture process	45 nm		45 nm
Transistor count	820,000,000		410,000,000
Max CPUs	1		1
Clock multiplier	8		9
Operating temperature	Unknown - 71.4°C		Unknown - 72.4°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.97 GHz		4.42 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.83 GHz		3.17 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.97 GHz		4.42 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
bus
Architecture	FSB		FSB
Number of links	1		1
Clock speed	1,333 MHz		1,333 MHz

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