Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 vs E5-2697 v2

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Combined performance score

Xeon E5-2697 v2
9.30
+69.7%

E5-2697 v2 outperforms E3-1280 v5 by 70% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking7391051
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money21.574.58
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)Intel Xeon E3
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)Skylake-S (2015)
Release date1 September 2013 (10 years old)19 October 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,723$612
Current price$102 (0.1x MSRP)$160 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2697 v2 has 371% better value for money than Xeon E3-1280 v5.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads248
Base clock speed2.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4 GHz
Bus support8GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache30 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size160 mm2160 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 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
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E3-1280 v5. 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++
TSX-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPXno data+
Identity Protection-no data
SGXno dataYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E3-1280 v5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB64 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/s34.1 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no dataN/A
Max resolution over eDPno dataN/A
Max resolution over DisplayPortno dataN/A
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E3-1280 v5.

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 E5-2697 v2 9.30
+69.7%
Xeon E3-1280 v5 5.48

E5-2697 v2 outperforms E3-1280 v5 by 70% in our combined benchmark results.


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 E5-2697 v2 14281
+69.8%
Xeon E3-1280 v5 8410

E5-2697 v2 outperforms E3-1280 v5 by 70% in Passmark.

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 E5-2697 v2 553
Xeon E3-1280 v5 1313
+137%

E3-1280 v5 outperforms E5-2697 v2 by 137% 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 E5-2697 v2 4293
Xeon E3-1280 v5 4448
+3.6%

E3-1280 v5 outperforms E5-2697 v2 by 4% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 8843
+4.4%
Xeon E3-1280 v5 8470

E5-2697 v2 outperforms E3-1280 v5 by 4% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 12.31
Xeon E3-1280 v5 9.5
+29.6%

E5-2697 v2 outperforms E3-1280 v5 by 30% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 18
+97.5%
Xeon E3-1280 v5 9

E5-2697 v2 outperforms E3-1280 v5 by 98% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 1550
+90.2%
Xeon E3-1280 v5 815

E5-2697 v2 outperforms E3-1280 v5 by 90% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 105
Xeon E3-1280 v5 163
+55.2%

E3-1280 v5 outperforms E5-2697 v2 by 55% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 1.25
Xeon E3-1280 v5 1.92
+53.6%

E3-1280 v5 outperforms E5-2697 v2 by 54% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 8.7
+93.3%
Xeon E3-1280 v5 4.5

E5-2697 v2 outperforms E3-1280 v5 by 93% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 7269
+39.1%
Xeon E3-1280 v5 5224

E5-2697 v2 outperforms E3-1280 v5 by 39% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 165
Xeon E3-1280 v5 188
+13.8%

E3-1280 v5 outperforms E5-2697 v2 by 14% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 85
+68%
Xeon E3-1280 v5 51

E5-2697 v2 outperforms E3-1280 v5 by 68% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.30 5.48
Recency 1 September 2013 19 October 2015
Physical cores 12 4
Threads 24 8
Cost $1723 $612
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 80 Watt

The Xeon E5-2697 v2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1280 v5 in performance tests.


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