Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 vs E5-2650

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Combined performance score

Xeon E5-2650
4.83
+0.2%

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2650 and Xeon E3-1280 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking11501158
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.300.81
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Haswell-WS (2013)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years old)2 June 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$91$800
Current price$170 (1.9x MSRP)$688 (0.9x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2650 has 307% better value for money than Xeon E3-1280 v3.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2650 and Xeon E3-1280 v3 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed2 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache20480 KB (shared)8192 KB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size435 mm2160 mm2
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,270 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2650 and Xeon E3-1280 v3 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA1150
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt82 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2650 and Xeon E3-1280 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSXno data+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-+
SIPPno data+
Demand Based Switching+no data
Fast Memory Accessno data+
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2650 and Xeon E3-1280 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2650 and Xeon E3-1280 v3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2650 and Xeon E3-1280 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size384 GB32 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2650 and Xeon E3-1280 v3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4016

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 E5-2650 4.83
+0.2%
Xeon E3-1280 v3 4.82

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E5-2650 7422
+0.3%
Xeon E3-1280 v3 7402

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-2650 382
Xeon E3-1280 v3 1193
+212%

E3-1280 v3 outperforms E5-2650 by 212% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-2650 2407
Xeon E3-1280 v3 3874
+60.9%

E3-1280 v3 outperforms E5-2650 by 61% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.83 4.82
Recency 6 March 2012 2 June 2013
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Cost $91 $800
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 82 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2650 and Xeon E3-1280 v3. The differences in performance seem too small.


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