Athlon 800 vs Xeon E3-1220

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220 and Athlon 800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1756not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.52no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency2.86no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)20 December 1999 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$395$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220 and Athlon 800 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed3.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz0.8 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm180 nm
Die size216 mm2102 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistors1,160 million22 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220 and Athlon 800 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
SocketLGA1155A
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt43 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220 and Athlon 800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVXno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
FDI-no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220 and Athlon 800 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Identity Protection+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220 and Athlon 800 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 and Athlon 800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 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 Xeon E3-1220 and Athlon 800.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 April 2011 20 December 1999
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 43 Watt

Xeon E3-1220 has an age advantage of 11 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon 800, on the other hand, has 86% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1220 and Athlon 800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1220 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 800 is a desktop one.


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