A4-5145M vs Xeon E3-1220L

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1220L and A4-5145M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2166	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	6.84	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220L and A4-5145M 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	131 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220L and A4-5145M 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	1
Socket	FCLGA1155	FP2
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220L and A4-5145M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no 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 E3-1220L and A4-5145M 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 E3-1220L and A4-5145M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220L and A4-5145M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 8310G

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220L and A4-5145M.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 April 2011	1 June 2013
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	17 Watt

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