Xeon E3-1275: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon E3-1275
2011
4 cores / 8 threads, 95 Watt
3.47

Xeon E3-1275 provides poor benchmark performance at 3.47% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon E3-1275 sales 3 April 2011 at a recommended price of $450. This is a Sandy Bridge architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3800 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is LGA1155 processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E3-1275 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1550
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.08
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency3.46of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$450of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads8
Base clock speed3.4 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.8 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography32 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size216 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors1,160 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1275 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)95 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1275. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Flex Memory Access+
Demand Based Switching+
FDI+
Fast Memory Access+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Identity Protection+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1275's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon E3-1275.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD P3000
Quick Sync Video+
Clear Video HD+
Graphics max frequency1.35 GHz
InTru 3D+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1275's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes20of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E3-1275. Overall benchmark performance 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 E3-1275 3.47

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 E3-1275 5516

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon E3-1275's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Opteron 6376 101.15
Xeon E5-2430L 100.58
Xeon E3-1275 100
Xeon W-2104 99.71

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E3-1275 is Opteron 6376, which is faster by 1% and higher by 10 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon E3-1275:

Opteron 6274 102.31
Opteron 6376 101.15
Xeon E3-1275 100
Opteron 6328 96.25
Opteron 3380 78.96

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