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General information Xeon E3-1280 Core i7-860
Launched Q2 2011 Q3 2009
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Lynnfield
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 20 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 10.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E3-1280 Core i7-860
Overall Score 43650 0 % 37272 14.6 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 14 % 41.7 %
Benchmark Score 3630 0 % 1930 46.8 %
Single Thread Score 1814.8 0 % 1314.1 27.6 %
Encrypting Data 1708.9 MB/s 61.3 % 4414.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 94.3 MB/s 0 % 63.9 MB/s 32.3 %
String objects sorting 13855.3 thousand/s 0 % 8805.9 thousand/s 36.4 %
Prime numbers generation 24.8 millions/s 0 % 21 millions/s 15.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21714.8 millions/s 0 % 16049 millions/s 26.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8116.7 millions/s 0 % 6907 millions/s 14.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280, Core i7-860.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 Core i7-860
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.3 FPS 65.4 FPS
High settings 134.9 FPS 104.6 FPS
Medium settings 168.7 FPS 130.8 FPS
Low settings 210.8 FPS 163.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Xeon E3-1280 Core i7-860
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.4 FPS 116.2 FPS
High settings 203.9 FPS 185.9 FPS
Medium settings 254.9 FPS 232.4 FPS
Low settings 318.6 FPS 290.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.8 %
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