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General information Xeon E3-1280 Core i7-975
Launched Q2 2011 Q2 2009
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Bloomfield
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 7.7 %
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 i7-975
Overall Score 43650 0 % 38754 11.2 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 13 % 45.8 %
Benchmark Score 3630 0 % 2256 37.9 %
Single Thread Score 1795 0 % 1490.5 17 %
Encrypting Data 1722.6 MB/s 66.6 % 5151 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 93.1 MB/s 0 % 74.7 MB/s 19.7 %
String objects sorting 14078.6 thousand/s 0 % 10396.3 thousand/s 26.2 %
Prime numbers generation 24.8 millions/s 3.7 % 25.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21627.6 millions/s 0 % 18754.1 millions/s 13.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8165.5 millions/s 0 % 7938.1 millions/s 2.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280, Core i7-975.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 Core i7-975
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.3 FPS 69.8 FPS
High settings 134.9 FPS 111.7 FPS
Medium settings 168.7 FPS 139.6 FPS
Low settings 210.8 FPS 174.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.2 %

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 i7-975
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.5 FPS 118.9 FPS
High settings 204.0 FPS 190.2 FPS
Medium settings 255.0 FPS 237.8 FPS
Low settings 318.8 FPS 297.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.8 %
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