Intel Core i3-N305 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i N300 Intel Xeon E3 v6
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Xeon E3
• Generation
  13 6
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  8x Gracemont -
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.8 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  3.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.7 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  32 -
• Generation
  11 -
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 770 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1300 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2021 -
• Shader
  256 -
• Technology
  10 nm -

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6 and Intel Core i3-N305. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR4-2400
• PCIe
  4.0 x 16 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-N305 and Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 72 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-N305 and Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake N Kaby Lake S
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 8 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2017
• Socket
  BGA LGA 1151
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d