Xeon Platinum 8163 vs E3120

Place in the ranking	2552	2480
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	1.29	no data
Architecture codename	no data	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	1 July 2008 (16 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8163 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	no data	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	no data	48
Base clock speed	3.16 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2.5 GHz
Multiplier	no data	25
L1 cache	no data	1.5 MB
L2 cache	no data	24 MB
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	33 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8163 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	no data	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	LGA775	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8163. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8163 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8163 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8163. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	no data	768 GB
Max memory channels	no data	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3120 and Xeon Platinum 8163.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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.

Xeon E3120 0.89

Xeon Platinum 8163 0.98
+10.1%

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 E3120 1408

Xeon Platinum 8163 1561
+10.9%