Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1151 Intel Socket 1155
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 14 nm 32 nm
Transistors unknown 1,160 million
Die size 177 mm² 216 mm²
Package FC-LGA12C FC-LGA10
tCaseMax 72°C —

Performance

Frequency 2.7 GHz 3.1 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.3 GHz up to 3.4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 27.0x 31.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 65 W 80 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Jul 2nd, 2015 Apr 3rd, 2011
Codename Skylake Sandy Bridge
Generation Core i5 Xeon E3
Part unknown SR00F
Memory support DDR4-2133 MHz Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics HD Graphics 530 —

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes —
BMI1 Yes —
BMI2 Yes —
Boost 2.0 Yes —
CLMUL Yes —
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes —
FMA3 Yes —
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TSX Yes —
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes
vPro Yes —

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