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Intel Xeon E3-1280 logo Intel Core i7-920 logo
General information Xeon E3-1280 Core i7-920
Launched Q2 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Bloomfield
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 22.9 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 25.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 26.9 % 130 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 i7-920
Overall Score 43650 0 % 36788 15.7 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3630 0 % 1832 49.5 %
Single Thread Score 1811.2 0 % 1205.1 33.5 %
Encrypting Data 1703.7 MB/s 59.5 % 4203.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 94.1 MB/s 0 % 61.5 MB/s 34.6 %
String objects sorting 13827.4 thousand/s 0 % 8255.6 thousand/s 40.3 %
Prime numbers generation 24.9 millions/s 0 % 21.9 millions/s 11.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21780.2 millions/s 0 % 15050 millions/s 30.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8206.2 millions/s 0 % 6462.9 millions/s 21.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280, Core i7-920.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 Core i7-920
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.3 FPS 63.9 FPS
High settings 134.9 FPS 102.3 FPS
Medium settings 168.7 FPS 127.9 FPS
Low settings 210.8 FPS 159.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.2 %

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 i7-920
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.5 FPS 115.4 FPS
High settings 204.0 FPS 184.7 FPS
Medium settings 255.0 FPS 230.8 FPS
Low settings 318.8 FPS 288.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %
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