Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E3-1270 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 E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1155

Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.8 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 E31270 @ 3.40GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 30.17

Overall Rank:
2008th fastest in multithreading out of 5126 CPUs
2037th fastest in single threading out of 5126 CPUs
806th fastest in out of 1094 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $178.00 USD (2023-05-18)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

5370

Single Thread Rating

1745

Samples: 348*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 8,282
Thread: 1,964

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz

Integer Math	20,832 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	7,800 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	25 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	13,201 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,615 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	89,612 KBytes/Sec
Physics	376 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	3,944 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,745 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of May 2025.
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 23rd of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		75,699
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,156
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,163
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		35,123
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		33,969
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,426
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,279
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,395
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz		6,992
Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz		5,370

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 23rd of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.22
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.82
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		45.89
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		35.79
Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz		30.17
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz		30.12
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.29
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 23rd of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		4,000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		3,321
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,678
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,123
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,008
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,935
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,790
Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz		1,745
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2621734 - May 13 2025		5673
BL2616742 - May 11 2025		5523
BL2585366 - Apr 27 2025		5715
BL2569870 - Apr 21 2025		5632
BL2481295 - Mar 14 2025		5467

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz
As of 23rd of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz		5,370
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		6,192 (+15.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		5,498 (+2.4%)
Intel Xeon X5687 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		5,349 (-0.4%)
Intel Xeon E3-1270 V2 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		6,487 (+20.8%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 V2 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		6,348 (+18.2%)
Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		4,991 (-7.0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		6,372 (+18.7%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		5,410 (+0.7%)
Intel Xeon D-2123IT @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		6,697 (+24.7%)
Intel Xeon E3-1225 V2 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		4,732 (-11.9%)
Intel Xeon D-1622 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		6,205 (+15.6%)
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270		5,958 (+11.0%)

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