Xeon Bronze 3204 vs E5-1428L

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1428L and Xeon Bronze 3204 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1571
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	20.68
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Bronze
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EN (2012)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$213

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1428L and Xeon Bronze 3204 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	12	6
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	1.9 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	6 MB
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared)	8.25 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	294 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	77 °C
Number of transistors	1,270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1428L and Xeon Bronze 3204 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	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	1356	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1428L and Xeon Bronze 3204. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1428L and Xeon Bronze 3204 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1428L and Xeon Bronze 3204 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1428L and Xeon Bronze 3204. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size	no data	1 TiB
Max memory channels	no data	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	102.403 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1428L and Xeon Bronze 3204.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	24	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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 May 2012	2 April 2019
Threads	12	6
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	85 Watt

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