Athlon Neo X2 L335 vs Xeon E3-1280 v3
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E3-1280 v3 outperforms Athlon Neo X2 L335 by a whopping 1270% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1542 | 3368 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.32 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | 2x AMD Athlon Neo |
| Power efficiency | 5.37 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-WS (2013−2014) | Congo (2009) |
| Release date | 2 June 2013 (12 years ago) | 1 October 2009 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $800 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Athlon Neo X2 L335 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 8192 KB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 160 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Athlon Neo X2 L335 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 configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | FCLGA1150 | ASB1 BGA |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 82 Watt | 512 KB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Athlon Neo X2 L335. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | HT 3.0, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| SIPP | + | - |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Athlon Neo X2 L335 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
| Anti-Theft | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Athlon Neo X2 L335 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Athlon Neo X2 L335. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Athlon Neo X2 L335.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.11 | 0.30 |
| Recency | 2 June 2013 | 1 October 2009 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 82 Watt | 512 Watt |
Xeon E3-1280 v3 has a 1270% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 195.5% more advanced lithography process, and 524.4% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E3-1280 v3 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Neo X2 L335 is a notebook one.
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