Celeron N2815 vs Xeon E3-1220 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Celeron N2815 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1587	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.63	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	3.86	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-WS (2013−2014)	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date	2 June 2013 (11 years ago)	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$239	$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Celeron N2815 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.13 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	112 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)	1 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	22 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Celeron N2815 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	FCLGA1150	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Celeron N2815. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	+	-
Smart Connect	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Celeron N2815 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Celeron N2815 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Celeron N2815. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR3L-1066
Maximum memory size	32 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Graphics max frequency	no data	756 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Celeron N2815 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

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2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v3 and Celeron N2815.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4
USB revision	no data	3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 June 2013	1 December 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	7 Watt

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