Xeon Bronze 3106 vs E3-1270

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E3-1270
2011
4 cores / 8 threads, 80 Watt
3.37
Xeon Bronze 3106
2017
8 cores / 8 threads, 85 Watt
3.62
+7.4%

Xeon Bronze 3106 outperforms Xeon E3-1270 by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1270 and Xeon Bronze 3106 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking15731503
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.243.92
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Bronze
Power efficiency3.984.03
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$369$306

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Bronze 3106 has 216% better value for money than Xeon E3-1270.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1270 and Xeon Bronze 3106 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed3.4 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3 GHz
Multiplierno data17
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)11 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size216 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature69 °C77 °C
Number of transistors1,160 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1270 and Xeon Bronze 3106 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketLGA1155FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1270 and Xeon Bronze 3106. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVXIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FDI-no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1270 and Xeon Bronze 3106 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Identity Protection+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1270 and Xeon Bronze 3106 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1270 and Xeon Bronze 3106. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size32 GB768 GB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/s102.403 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1270 and Xeon Bronze 3106.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes2048

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E3-1270 3.37
Xeon Bronze 3106 3.62
+7.4%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E3-1270 5350
Xeon Bronze 3106 5753
+7.5%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E3-1270 607
+4.8%
Xeon Bronze 3106 579

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E3-1270 2034
Xeon Bronze 3106 3151
+54.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.37 3.62
Recency 3 April 2011 11 July 2017
Physical cores 4 8
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 85 Watt

Xeon E3-1270 has 6.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Bronze 3106, on the other hand, has a 7.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon E3-1270 and Xeon Bronze 3106.


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