i7-620UE vs Xeon E3-1230

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1230 and Core i7-620UE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1594not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.98no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i7
Power efficiency3.82no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$428$248

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1230 and Core i7-620UE 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.2 GHz1.07 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.13 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rateno data1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data8
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size216 mm281 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,160 million382 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1230 and Core i7-620UE 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA1155Intel BGA 1288
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Core i7-620UE. 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++
FMA-+
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
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 E3-1230 and Core i7-620UE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Identity Protection+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Core i7-620UE are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Core i7-620UE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-800
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/s12.799 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics (Ironlake)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Core i7-620UE.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes2016

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 April 2011 7 January 2010
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 18 Watt

Xeon E3-1230 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

i7-620UE, on the other hand, has 344.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1230 and Core i7-620UE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1230 is a server/workstation processor while Core i7-620UE is a notebook one.


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