Intel Xeon E3-1220 vs Intel Xeon E5530

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1155 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 32 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,160 million 731 million
Die size 216 mm² 263 mm²
Package FC-LGA10 FC-LGA8

Performance

Frequency 3.1 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.4 GHz up to 2.666 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 31.0x 18.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 80 W 80 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Server/Workstation Server/Workstation
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Apr 3rd, 2011 Mar 30th, 2009
Codename Sandy Bridge Gainestown
Generation Xeon E3 Xeon
Part SR00F SLBF7
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory Yes Yes
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics

Cache

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

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
EIST Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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