Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E3-1281 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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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1150

Clockspeed: 3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 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 E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2015

CPUmark/$Price: 13.70

Overall Rank:
1454th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
1032nd fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
635th fastest in out of 1044 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $546.25 USD (2020-10-13)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

7483

Single Thread Rating

2333

Samples: 48*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 9,965
Thread: 2,204

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz

Integer Math	27,165 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	13,706 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	31 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	15,385 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	2,120 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	114,739 KBytes/Sec
Physics	483 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,124 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,333 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of December 2024.
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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,485
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		43,229
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,280
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,834
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		33,521
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,668
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,280
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,412
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,326
Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz		7,483

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		883.86
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.82
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		43.55
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		43.09
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		40.56
Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz		13.70
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.31
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		2,699
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,681
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		2,657
Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz		2,333
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,123
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,051
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,950
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,793
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,323
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2261223 - Dec 01 2024		7805
BL2259973 - Nov 30 2024		7776
BL2235993 - Nov 03 2024		7774
BL2189724 - Sep 08 2024		7836
BL2188023 - Sep 06 2024		7762

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz		7,483
Intel Xeon E5-4627 v2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		9,320 (+24.6%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v5 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		8,395 (+12.2%)
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		7,504 (+0.3%)
AMD Opteron 6238 vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		5,625 (-24.8%)
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		7,968 (+6.5%)
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		7,270 (-2.8%)
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v6 @ 3.90GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		9,032 (+20.7%)
Intel Xeon W-2123 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		8,475 (+13.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		7,220 (-3.5%)
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		7,053 (-5.7%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		9,285 (+24.1%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		9,114 (+21.8%)

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