Xeon Silver 4410Y vs E3-1220 v5

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E3-1220 v5
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 80 Watt
3.67
Xeon Silver 4410Y
2023
12 cores / 24 threads, 150 Watt
15.36
+319%

Xeon Silver 4410Y outperforms Xeon E3-1220 v5 by a whopping 319% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4410Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1497456
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.6963.10
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3no data
Power efficiency4.349.69
Architecture codenameSkylake-DT (2015)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date19 October 2015 (9 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$203$573

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4410Y has 2246% better value for money than Xeon E3-1220 v5.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4410Y 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads424
Base clock speed3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache256 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)30 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size122 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
Number of transistors1,750 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4410Y 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)2
SocketFCLGA1151FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4410Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4410Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4410Y are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220 v5 and Xeon Silver 4410Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size64 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
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 Xeon Silver 4410Y 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 Xeon Silver 4410Y 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 Xeon Silver 4410Y.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes1680

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E3-1220 v5 3.67
Xeon Silver 4410Y 15.36
+319%

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 5828
Xeon Silver 4410Y 24399
+319%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E3-1220 v5 1213
Xeon Silver 4410Y 1436
+18.4%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E3-1220 v5 3414
Xeon Silver 4410Y 9927
+191%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.67 15.36
Recency 19 October 2015 10 January 2023
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 4 24
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon E3-1220 v5 has 87.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4410Y, on the other hand, has a 318.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

The Xeon Silver 4410Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1220 v5 in performance tests.


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