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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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: 13.79

Overall Rank:
1507th fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
1081st fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
649th fastest in out of 1065 Server CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

7535

Single Thread Rating

2338

Samples: 54*
*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	27,252 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	13,749 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	32 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	15,390 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	2,136 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	115,133 KBytes/Sec
Physics	494 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,158 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,338 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of February 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		75,778
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,324
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		42,209
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,240
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,997
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,556
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,266
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,398
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,327
Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz		7,535

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.83
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.75
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		46.00
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		43.50
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		39.19
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		29.66
Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz		13.79
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.30
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		3,318
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,677
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		2,659
Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz		2,338
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,123
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,050
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,939
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,787
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,324
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
BL2375541 - Jan 29 2025		8251
BL2363834 - Jan 24 2025		7597
BL2363121 - Jan 23 2025		8307
BL2360022 - Jan 22 2025		7483
BL2348771 - Jan 17 2025		7483

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 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 @ 3.70GHz		7,535
Intel Xeon E5-4627 v2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		9,320 (+23.7%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v5 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		8,233 (+9.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		7,469 (-0.9%)
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		7,923 (+5.1%)
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		7,270 (-3.5%)
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v6 @ 3.90GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		9,063 (+20.3%)
Intel Xeon W-2123 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		8,481 (+12.6%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		7,195 (-4.5%)
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		7,050 (-6.4%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		9,227 (+22.5%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		8,714 (+15.6%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3		8,157 (+8.3%)

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