Xeon E-2456 vs Atom S1220

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Primary details

Comparing Atom S1220 and Xeon E-2456 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated468
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data92.83
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data17.70
Architecture codenameCenterton (2012)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date11 December 2012 (11 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$375

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom S1220 and Xeon E-2456 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache56 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom S1220 and Xeon E-2456 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1283FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)8.1 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom S1220 and Xeon E-2456. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Atom S1220 and Xeon E-2456 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom S1220 and Xeon E-2456 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom S1220 and Xeon E-2456. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidth10.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom S1220 and Xeon E-2456.

PCIe version2.05
PCI Express lanes816
PCI supportPCI Supportno data
UARTUARTno data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2012 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 80 Watt

Atom S1220 has 900% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2456, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

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