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Intel Xeon E3-1280 @ 3.50GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E3-1280 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.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Intel Xeon E3-1280 @ 3.50GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1155

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 95 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: 0 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 32 GB (DDR3 1066/1333, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31280 @ 3.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 11.31

Overall Rank:
2228th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
2233rd fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
892nd fastest in out of 1229 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $496.21 USD (2023-05-12)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
5612
Single Thread Rating
1781

Samples: 93*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 8,547
Thread: 2,032

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E3-1280 @ 3.50GHz

Integer Math21,565 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math8,049 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers26 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting13,672 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption1,707 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression95,329 KBytes/Sec
Physics395 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions4,166 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,781 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E3-1280 @ 3.50GHz

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 14th 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 E3-1280 @ 3.50GHz
 5,612
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th 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 E3-1280 @ 3.50GHz
 11.31
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 14th 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 E3-1280 @ 3.50GHz
 1,781
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,779
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,715
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E3-1280 @ 3.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3115697 - Dec 08 2025
5613
BL2846620 - Aug 19 2025
5159
BL2846508 - Aug 19 2025
5046
BL2621436 - May 13 2025
5746
BL2569777 - Apr 21 2025
5657
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E3-1280 @ 3.50GHz
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E3-1280 @ 3.50GHz
 5,612
Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 6,167 (+9.9%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 7,013 (+25.0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1280 V2 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 6,616 (+17.9%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 6,181 (+10.1%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 5,148 (-8.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1265L V2 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 5,043 (-10.1%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 5,768 (+2.8%)
Intel Xeon E3-1235 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 5,037 (-10.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1220 V2 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 4,674 (-16.7%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 V2 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 6,655 (+18.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 6,498 (+15.8%)
Intel Xeon W3670 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280
 6,424 (+14.5%)