Pentium 3560M vs Xeon E3-1245 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Pentium 3560M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1420	2563
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.31	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	4.89	2.16
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	14 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$462	$134

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Pentium 3560M 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	2
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	5 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	22 nm
Die size	160 mm2	130 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	960 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Pentium 3560M 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	FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)	77 Watt	37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Pentium 3560M. 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	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Pentium 3560M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	+	-
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Pentium 3560M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Pentium 3560M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32.77 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD P4000	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	-
Graphics max frequency	1.25 GHz	1.1 GHz
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Pentium 3560M integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1245 v2 and Pentium 3560M.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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	4.05	0.86
Recency	14 May 2012	14 April 2014
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Power consumption (TDP)	77 Watt	37 Watt

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