Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E3-1230 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1155

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.6 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 80 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31230 @ 3.20GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E31230 @ 3.20GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 16.14

Overall Rank:
2349th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
2437th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
917th fastest in out of 1229 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $319.00 USD (2025-10-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

5148

Single Thread Rating

1666

Samples: 318*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 7,771
Thread: 1,843

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz

Integer Math	19,760 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	7,425 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	25 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	12,739 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,558 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	86,721 KBytes/Sec
Physics	374 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	3,770 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,666 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		39,928
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		34,827
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,236
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,249
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		11,328
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,378
Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz		5,148

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		81.32
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.66
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		57.60
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		39.93
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		26.35
Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz		16.14
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.28
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		4,117
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		3,954
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,680
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		2,369
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,931
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,779
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		1,715
Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz		1,666
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,328

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3268028 - Feb 06 2026		5432
BL3190862 - Jan 06 2026		5193
BL3144910 - Dec 18 2025 [Excluded]		2730
BL3054147 - Nov 14 2025		5328
BL3004372 - Oct 25 2025		5260

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz		5,148
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		6,181 (+20.1%)
Intel Xeon E3-1235 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		5,037 (-2.2%)
Intel Xeon E3-1260L @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		4,076 (-20.8%)
Intel Xeon W3670 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		6,424 (+24.8%)
Intel Xeon E3-1220 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		3,865 (-24.9%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		5,491 (+6.7%)
Intel Xeon X5687 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		5,386 (+4.6%)
Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		5,375 (+4.4%)
AMD Opteron 4280 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		4,504 (-12.5%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3 @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		5,305 (+3.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2420 @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		5,018 (-2.5%)
Intel Xeon E3-1265L @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1230		3,912 (-24.0%)

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