Xeon E3-1225 v6: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E3-1225 v6 provides poor benchmark performance at 3.63% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Xeon E3-1225 v6 sales 28 March 2017 at a recommended price of $213. This is a Kaby Lake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3700 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1151 processor with a TDP of 73 Watt. It supports DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1866 memory.
Primary details
Xeon E3-1225 v6 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 1489 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.30 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | Intel Xeon E3 | |
| Power efficiency | 4.71 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Kaby Lake (2016−2019) | |
| Release date | 28 March 2017 (7 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $213 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | |
| Multiplier | 33 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E3-1225 v6 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | FCLGA1151 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 73 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1225 v6. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| TSX | + | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| MPX | + | |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1225 v6's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1866 | |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon E3-1225 v6.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics P630 | |
| Max video memory | 64 GB | |
| Quick Sync Video | + | |
| Clear Video | + | |
| Clear Video HD | + | |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.15 GHz | |
| InTru 3D | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1225 v6's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | |
| eDP | + | |
| DisplayPort | + | |
| HDMI | + | |
| DVI | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1225 v6's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096x2160@24Hz | |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4096x2304@60Hz | |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096x2304@60Hz | |
| Max resolution over VGA | N/A |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Xeon E3-1225 v6's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P) |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | of 128 (EPYC 9655P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E3-1225 v6. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E3-1225 v6 is Opteron 6274, which is slower by 2% and lower by 24 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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