Pentium Dual-Core E2160 vs Xeon E3-1220 v5

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1487not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.46no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon E3no data
Power efficiency4.33no data
Architecture codenameSkylake-DT (2015)Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date19 October 2015 (9 years ago)June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$203no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB (shared)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm65 nm
Die size122 mm277 mm2
Number of transistors1,750 million105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA1151775
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4N/Ano data
Max resolution over eDPN/Ano data
Max resolution over DisplayPortN/Ano data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E3-1220 v5 5815
+797%
Pentium Dual-Core E2160 648

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon E3-1220 v5 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Dual-Core E2160, on the other hand, has 23.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1220 v5 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Dual-Core E2160 is a desktop one.


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