Intel N95 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel N95 and Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel N95

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
  • 4.6x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 69 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1928 vs 1871
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5359 vs 4676
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1928 vs 1871
PassMark - CPU mark 5359 vs 4676

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 32.77 GB vs 16 GB
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 6 MB
Maximum memory size 32.77 GB vs 16 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel N95
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1928
1871
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5359
4676
Name Intel N95 Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1928 1871
PassMark - CPU mark 5359 4676
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 671
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2310

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel N95 Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2

Essentials

Architecture codename Alder Lake-N Ivy Bridge
Launch date Q1'23 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1303 1824
Processor Number N95 E3-1220V2
Series Intel Processor N-series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v2 Family
Vertical segment Mobile Server
Launch price (MSRP) $220
Price now $329.11
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 5.99

Performance

64 bit support
L3 cache 6 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
Base frequency 3.10 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 160 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory size 16 GB 32.77 GB
Supported memory frequency 4800 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 3200 MT/s, DDR5 4800 MT/s, LPDDR5 4800 MT/s DDR3 1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s

Graphics

Device ID 0x46D2
Execution Units 16
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12.1
OpenGL 4.6

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 35mm x 24mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 69 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported FCLGA1155

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 9
USB revision 2.0/3.2
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16 & 1x4, 2x8 & 1x4 or 1x8 & 3x4

Security & Reliability

Intel® OS Guard
Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)