Intel Xeon E3-1245 vs Intel Xeon W3580

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1245 and Intel Xeon W3580 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1245

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
  • Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 72.6°C vs 67.9°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 24 GB
  • Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1717 vs 1557
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5334 vs 3609
Specifications (specs)
Launch date April 2011 vs August 2009
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Maximum core temperature 72.6°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 24 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1717 vs 1557
PassMark - CPU mark 5334 vs 3609

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3580

  • 3.9x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 2764 vs 713
  • 3.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 9280 vs 2683
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2764 vs 713
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9280 vs 2683

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1245
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3580

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1717
1557
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5334
3609
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
713
2764
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2683
9280
Name Intel Xeon E3-1245 Intel Xeon W3580
PassMark - Single thread mark 1717 1557
PassMark - CPU mark 5334 3609
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 713 2764
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2683 9280
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 57.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.116

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1245 Intel Xeon W3580

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge Bloomfield
Launch date April 2011 August 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $350 $215
Place in performance rating 1851 1844
Price now $260 $214.50
Processor Number E3-1245 W3580
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 9.09 8.83
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.30 GHz 3.33 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI 6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size 216 mm 263 mm2
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 72.6°C 67.9°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 8 8
Transistor count 1160 million 731 million
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.800V-1.375V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s 32 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB 24 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333 DDR3 800/1066/1333

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

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm 42.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported LGA1155 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 130 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 2.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit

Virtualization

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