Intel Xeon E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E3-1240 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 E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1155

Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 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 E31240 @ 3.30GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 137.44

Overall Rank:
2290th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
2368th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
904th fastest in out of 1229 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $38.99 USD (2025-12-03)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

5359

Single Thread Rating

1701

Samples: 259*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 7,978
Thread: 1,868

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz

Integer Math	20,448 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	7,638 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	25 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	13,023 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,643 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	89,406 KBytes/Sec
Physics	385 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	3,909 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,701 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th 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 16th 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		34,826
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		14,251
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 E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz		5,359

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz		137.44
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		81.32
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.67
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 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 16th 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 E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz		1,701
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,328

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3263589 - Feb 04 2026		5377
BL3255000 - Jan 31 2026		5530
BL3228990 - Jan 20 2026		5402
BL3228745 - Jan 20 2026		4976
BL3063818 - Nov 18 2025		5523

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz		5,359
Intel Xeon X5672 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		5,036 (-6.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1410 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		4,852 (-9.5%)
AMD Opteron 4284 vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		4,665 (-12.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2430 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		5,770 (+7.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		5,418 (+1.1%)
Intel Xeon X5647 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		4,441 (-17.1%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		6,181 (+15.3%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		5,845 (+9.1%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		5,491 (+2.5%)
Intel Xeon X5687 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		5,386 (+0.5%)
Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		5,375 (+0.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1240		5,348 (-0.2%)

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