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General information Xeon E3-1280 Core i3-3240
Launched Q2 2011 Q1 2012
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 2.9 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 55 W 42.1 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E3-1280 Core i3-3240
Overall Score 43650 0 % 34981 19.9 %
Future Proof 24 % 14.3 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3630 0 % 1497 58.8 %
Single Thread Score 1811.2 0 % 1771.7 2.2 %
Encrypting Data 1703.7 MB/s 50.3 % 3426.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 94.1 MB/s 0 % 45.9 MB/s 51.2 %
String objects sorting 13827.4 thousand/s 0 % 6441.1 thousand/s 53.4 %
Prime numbers generation 24.9 millions/s 0 % 13.1 millions/s 47.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21780.2 millions/s 0 % 10329.9 millions/s 52.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8206.2 millions/s 0 % 5288.6 millions/s 35.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.3 FPS 58.6 FPS
High settings 134.9 FPS 93.8 FPS
Medium settings 168.7 FPS 117.2 FPS
Low settings 210.8 FPS 146.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.5 %

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 i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.5 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 204.0 FPS 179.6 FPS
Medium settings 255.0 FPS 224.5 FPS
Low settings 318.8 FPS 280.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 12 %
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