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: 28.95

Overall Rank:
1923rd fastest in multithreading out of 5821 CPUs
1530th fastest in single threading out of 5821 CPUs
803rd fastest in out of 1235 Server CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

7208

Single Thread Rating

2223

Samples: 74*
*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	25,441 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	12,714 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	30 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	14,600 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	2,084 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	108,747 KBytes/Sec
Physics	497 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	6,777 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,223 MOps/Sec

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

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of March 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 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		34,824
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,565
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U		23,985
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,228
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,257
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		11,314
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,376
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz		7,208

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		81.28
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.70
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		57.60
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz		28.95
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		26.31
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
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of March 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 8840U		3,654
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		2,367
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz		2,223
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,930
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,781
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 v3 @ 3.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3273202 - Feb 08 2026		6563
BL3200446 - Jan 09 2026		6406
BL3192902 - Jan 06 2026		7137
BL3175710 - Dec 30 2025		7269
BL2682666 - Jun 08 2025		7482

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 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60GHz		7,208
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		6,842 (-5.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		6,494 (-9.9%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		6,181 (-14.2%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		6,960 (-3.4%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 V2 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		6,360 (-11.8%)
Intel Xeon E5-1630 v3 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		7,414 (+2.9%)
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		7,162 (-0.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		9,306 (+29.1%)
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		8,961 (+24.3%)
Intel Xeon E5-1660 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		8,324 (+15.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		7,319 (+1.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3		7,244 (+0.5%)

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