Pentium 3825U vs Xeon E3-1235

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1235 and Pentium 3825U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1602	2545
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.30	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	3.17	5.57
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Broadwell-U (2015)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	1 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$287	$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1235 and Pentium 3825U 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	1.9 GHz
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	216 mm2	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	1,160 million	1300 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1235 and Pentium 3825U 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	LGA1155	FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1235 and Pentium 3825U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	+
Smart Response	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FDI	+	+
Fast Memory Access	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1235 and Pentium 3825U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	+	+
OS Guard	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1235 and Pentium 3825U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1235 and Pentium 3825U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD P3000	Intel® HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	+	-
Graphics max frequency	1.35 GHz	850 MHz
InTru 3D	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1235 and Pentium 3825U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1235 and Pentium 3825U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

11.2/12

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1235 and Pentium 3825U.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	20	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.24	0.90
Recency	3 April 2011	1 March 2015
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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