Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 vs Intel Core i7-980X

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Intel Core i7-980X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

969Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score649
3526Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3443
6965PassMark CPU Mark Rating6745
2229PassMark Single Thread Rating1526
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score4192

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3ProcessorIntel Core i7-980X
3600 MHzFrequency3330 MHz
4000 MHzMaximum Frequency3600 MHz
4Cores6
8Threads12
82 WTDP130 W
HaswellCodenameGulftown
Socket 1150 LGAPackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

972Single-Core Score651
3497Multi-Core Score3651
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Windows 10 (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
GenericModelEUROCOM Panther 2.0
ASRock Z87 Pro4MotherboardEUROCOM Panther 2.0

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3NameIntel Core i7-980X
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
3.60 GHzBase Frequency3.34 GHz
4.00 GHzMaximum Frequency3599 MHz
Socket 1150 LGAPackageSocket 1366 LGA
Haswell-WSCodenameGulftown
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 6
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

24.00 GBSize12.00 GB
666 MHzFrequency666 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

972Single-Core Score651
1282Crypto Score597
910Integer Score655
1053Floating Point Score 650
1282
2.19 GB/sec
AES-XTS597
1.02 GB/sec
988
5.00 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)863
4.36 MB/sec
1030
48.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression750
35.5 Mpixels/sec
799
2.25 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)730
2.06 MTE/sec
872
1.02 MElements/sec
HTML5624
732.1 KElements/sec
893
279.9 Krows/sec
SQLite597
186.9 Krows/sec
881
47.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering632
34.3 Mpixels/sec
928
295.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering561
178.6 KB/sec
950
7.40 Klines/sec
Clang620
4.83 Klines/sec
872
10.1 images/sec
Camera577
6.69 images/sec
952
1.19 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics577
722.4 Kpairs/sec
1011
6265.7 FPS
Rigid Body Physics660
4088.4 FPS
894
49.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur493
27.1 Mpixels/sec
930
7.16 images/sec
Face Detection681
5.24 images/sec
920
22.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection698
17.2 Mpixels/sec
1604
78.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1129
55.4 Mpixels/sec
1818
24.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR1104
15.0 Mpixels/sec
1141
916.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing702
563.8 Kpixels/sec
840
7.53 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion459
4.11 Kpixels/sec
961
30.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition796
25.4 Words/sec
890
34.4 images/sec
Machine Learning308
11.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3497Multi-Core Score3651
3126Crypto Score3653
3417Integer Score3670
3731Floating Point Score 3610
3126
5.33 GB/sec
AES-XTS3653
6.23 GB/sec
4186
21.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)5604
28.3 MB/sec
4547
215.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression4817
227.9 Mpixels/sec
2037
5.75 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2606
7.35 MTE/sec
3107
3.65 MElements/sec
HTML53762
4.42 MElements/sec
3588
1.12 Mrows/sec
SQLite3836
1.20 Mrows/sec
3754
203.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4067
220.7 Mpixels/sec
3116
992.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering2699
859.8 KB/sec
3893
30.3 Klines/sec
Clang4035
31.4 Klines/sec
3228
37.4 images/sec
Camera2685
31.1 images/sec
4110
5.14 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3597
4.50 Mpairs/sec
4825
29895.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics4736
29342.7 FPS
3432
188.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur3013
165.6 Mpixels/sec
3653
28.1 images/sec
Face Detection4235
32.6 images/sec
3795
93.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection4215
103.9 Mpixels/sec
5165
253.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5331
261.5 Mpixels/sec
6961
94.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR6896
94.0 Mpixels/sec
5153
4.14 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4545
3.65 Mpixels/sec
3383
30.3 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2787
25.0 Kpixels/sec
2379
76.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2691
86.0 Words/sec
1386
53.6 images/sec
Machine Learning1183
45.7 images/sec