Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 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 v3 @ 3.50GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1150

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 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

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 32 GB (DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 17.64

Overall Rank:
2078th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
1734th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
828th fastest in out of 1265 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $410.00 USD (2025-03-15)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

7232

Single Thread Rating

2188

Samples: 513*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 10,058
Thread: 2,252

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz

Integer Math	25,596 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	12,846 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	33 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	14,427 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	2,043 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	108,406 KBytes/Sec
Physics	518 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	6,762 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,188 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		34,818
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,745
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS		28,602
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,564
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		19,164
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,101
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,247
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		11,739
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		11,274
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7,232

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		80.68
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.65
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		57.59
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		26.22
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz		17.64
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS		NA
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 8th of October 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 7 PRO 8845HS		3,764
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		2,358
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,188
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		2,067
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,929
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,782
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		1,720
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,326

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3750141 - Sep 30 2026		7223
BL3739061 - Sep 25 2026		7202
BL3736733 - Sep 24 2026		7435
BL3729691 - Sep 21 2026		7070
BL3724917 - Sep 18 2026		7533

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7,232
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		6,844 (-5.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		6,507 (-10.0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		7,131 (-1.4%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		7,024 (-2.9%)
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		7,024 (-2.9%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		7,005 (-3.1%)
Intel Xeon E3-1280 V2 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		6,623 (-8.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		6,235 (-13.8%)
Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		7,563 (+4.6%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 V2 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		6,629 (-8.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		6,175 (-14.6%)
Intel Xeon W-2223 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3		8,586 (+18.7%)

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