Intel Atom S1260 vs Intel Xeon E3-1270. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Atom Intel Xeon E3
• Generation
  1 2
• CPU group
  Intel Atom S1000 Intel Xeon E3

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 3.40 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.80 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E3-1270 and Intel Atom S1260. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  1 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom S1260 and Intel Xeon E3-1270 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  8.5 W 80 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom S1260 and Intel Atom S1260, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Centerton Sandy-Bridge
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1283 LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q2/2011