Ryzen 3 7320U vs Xeon E3-1220L

Place in the ranking	2172	1144
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	6.83	35.17
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Mendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220L and Ryzen 3 7320U 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Die size	131 mm²	100 mm²
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220L and Ryzen 3 7320U 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	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220L and Ryzen 3 7320U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	+	+
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 Ryzen 3 7320U 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 Ryzen 3 7320U 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 Ryzen 3 7320U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5
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 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220L and Ryzen 3 7320U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	4

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 E3-1220L 1.47

Ryzen 3 7320U 5.68
+286%

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 E3-1220L 2295

Ryzen 3 7320U 8847
+285%

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 E3-1220L 610

Ryzen 3 7320U 1158
+89.8%

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 E3-1220L 1135

Ryzen 3 7320U 3615
+219%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.47	5.68
Recency	3 April 2011	20 September 2022
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	15 Watt

Ryzen 3 7320U has a 286.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 7320U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1220L in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1220L is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 3 7320U is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1220L and Ryzen 3 7320U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.