Celeron N3060 vs Xeon E3-1245 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Celeron N3060 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1423not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.29no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency4.88no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date14 May 2012 (12 years ago)15 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$462$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Celeron N3060 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)
Threads82
Base clock speed3.4 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.48 GHz
Bus typeno dataIDI
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Celeron N3060 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)
SocketFCLGA1155FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)77 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Celeron N3060. 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++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching+no data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Celeron N3060 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection++
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Celeron N3060 are enumerated here.

VT-d+-
VT-x++
VT-ino data-
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Celeron N3060. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32.77 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD P4000Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency1.25 GHz600 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Celeron N3060 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Celeron N3060 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Celeron N3060.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data4
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 E3-1245 v2 6308
+851%
Celeron N3060 663

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2012 15 January 2016
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 77 Watt 6 Watt

Xeon E3-1245 v2 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Celeron N3060, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 1183.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Celeron N3060. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1245 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron N3060 is a notebook one.


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