Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E3-1280 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 E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1150

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 82 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 E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 29.33

Overall Rank:
1612th fastest in multithreading out of 5094 CPUs
1270th fastest in single threading out of 5094 CPUs
689th fastest in out of 1085 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $249.00 USD (2020-07-10)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

7304

Single Thread Rating

2235

Samples: 66*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 9,854
Thread: 2,308

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz

Integer Math	25,925 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	12,970 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	31 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	14,834 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	2,104 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	110,342 KBytes/Sec
Physics	501 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	6,811 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,235 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 22nd of April 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of April 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 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		75,716
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,188
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,163
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		35,123
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		33,442
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,466
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,259
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,394
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,333
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz		7,304

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.40
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.71
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		40.59
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		34.39
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz		29.33
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
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		3,941
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		3,320
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,678
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz		2,235
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,123
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,049
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,935
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,788
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 E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2440992 - Feb 25 2025		7525
BL2353933 - Jan 19 2025		5033
BL2324924 - Jan 06 2025		7467
BL2320702 - Jan 04 2025		7037
BL2293507 - Dec 22 2024		7394

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz		7,304
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		6,828 (-6.5%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		6,195 (-15.2%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		6,987 (-4.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		7,145 (-2.2%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		9,333 (+27.8%)
Intel Xeon E5-1660 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		8,369 (+14.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		7,281 (-0.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		7,042 (-3.6%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		7,031 (-3.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		6,770 (-7.3%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		6,555 (-10.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		8,352 (+14.4%)

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