Celeron 220 vs Xeon E3-1270 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Celeron 220 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1293not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.20no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiency5.41no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-WS (2013−2014)Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date2 June 2013 (11 years ago)October 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$370no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Celeron 220 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed3.5 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/s533 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache8192 KB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm65 nm
Die size160 mm277 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors1,400 million105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Celeron 220 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
SocketFCLGA1150PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt19 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Celeron 220. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP+-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
Fast Memory Access+no data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Celeron 220 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Celeron 220 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Celeron 220. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Celeron 220.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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 E3-1270 v3 7268
+3378%
Celeron 220 209

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 22 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 19 Watt

Xeon E3-1270 v3 has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron 220, on the other hand, has 321.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Celeron 220. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1270 v3 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 220 is a notebook one.


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