Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 vs Intel Xeon E3-1225

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 and Intel Xeon E3-1225 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces. 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 Xeon Bronze 3104

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 78°C vs 72.6°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8079 vs 3905
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 6 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 78°C vs 72.6°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 32 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8079 vs 3905

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1225

  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1582 vs 1054
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1582 vs 1054

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1225

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1054
1582
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8079
3905
Name Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 Intel Xeon E3-1225
PassMark - Single thread mark 1054 1582
PassMark - CPU mark 8079 3905
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 659
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2145

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 Intel Xeon E3-1225

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Sandy Bridge
Launch date Q3'17 April 2011
Place in performance rating 1988 2004
Processor Number 3104 E3-1225
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $150
Price now $175
Value for money (0-100) 9.95

Performance

Base frequency 1.70 GHz 3.10 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 78°C 72.6°C
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 6 4
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 216 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz
Transistor count 1160 million

Memory

Max memory channels 6 2
Maximum memory size 768 GB 32 GB
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2133 DDR3 1066/1333
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 20
PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0
Scalability 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Speed Shift technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.35 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.35 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics P3000

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support