Intel Xeon W3565 vs Intel Xeon 3.20

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W3565 and Intel Xeon 3.20 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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 W3565

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 3.46 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
  • 32x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 99% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1504 vs 756
  • 7.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3366 vs 461
Specifications (specs)
Launch date November 2009 vs October 2003
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3.46 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 8 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1504 vs 756
PassMark - CPU mark 3366 vs 461

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon 3.20

  • Around 34% lower typical power consumption: 97 Watt vs 130 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 97 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W3565
CPU 2: Intel Xeon 3.20

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1504
756
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3366
461
Name Intel Xeon W3565 Intel Xeon 3.20
PassMark - Single thread mark 1504 756
PassMark - CPU mark 3366 461
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 522
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2070
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.052
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 52.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.841

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon W3565 Intel Xeon 3.20

Essentials

Architecture codename Bloomfield Gallatin
Launch date November 2009 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $70
Place in performance rating 2647 2639
Price now $69.95
Processor Number W3565
Series Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 25.02
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.20 GHz
Bus Speed 4.8 GT/s QPI
Die size 263 mm2 237 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 8 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 3.46 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 8
Transistor count 731 million 286 million
VID voltage range 0.800V-1.225V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 24 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Package Size 42.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1366 604
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 97 Watt

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)