Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 vs Intel Core i7-980X

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3 and Intel Core i7-980X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

935Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score649
3492Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3443
7230PassMark CPU Mark Rating6745
2319PassMark Single Thread Rating1526
40563DMark Time Spy Physics Score4192

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3ProcessorIntel Core i7-980X
3700 MHzFrequency3330 MHz
4100 MHzMaximum Frequency3600 MHz
4Cores6
8Threads12
82 WTDP130 W
HaswellCodenameGulftown
FCLGA1150PackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

945Single-Core Score651
3404Multi-Core Score3651
Geekbench 5.3.2 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 11.2.3 (Build 20D91)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
MacPro6,1ModelEUROCOM Panther 2.0
MacPro6,1Model ID
Acidanthera Mac-F60DEB81FF30ACF6 MacPro6,1MotherboardEUROCOM Panther 2.0

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E3-1281 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
3.70 GHzBase Frequency3.34 GHz
Maximum Frequency3599 MHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameGulftown
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

16.00 GBSize12.00 GB
Frequency666 MHz
1333 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR3TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

945Single-Core Score651
1349Crypto Score597
868Integer Score655
1045Floating Point Score 650
1349
2.30 GB/sec
AES-XTS597
1.02 GB/sec
985
4.98 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)863
4.36 MB/sec
960
45.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression750
35.5 Mpixels/sec
787
2.22 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)730
2.06 MTE/sec
826
970.4 KElements/sec
HTML5624
732.1 KElements/sec
820
256.8 Krows/sec
SQLite597
186.9 Krows/sec
840
45.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering632
34.3 Mpixels/sec
813
259.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering561
178.6 KB/sec
887
6.91 Klines/sec
Clang620
4.83 Klines/sec
919
10.6 images/sec
Camera577
6.69 images/sec
854
1.07 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics577
722.4 Kpairs/sec
1056
6540.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics660
4088.4 FPS
854
47.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur493
27.1 Mpixels/sec
993
7.65 images/sec
Face Detection681
5.24 images/sec
928
22.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection698
17.2 Mpixels/sec
1515
74.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1129
55.4 Mpixels/sec
1642
22.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR1104
15.0 Mpixels/sec
1242
997.4 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing702
563.8 Kpixels/sec
887
7.95 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion459
4.11 Kpixels/sec
975
31.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition796
25.4 Words/sec
856
33.1 images/sec
Machine Learning308
11.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3404Multi-Core Score3651
3322Crypto Score3653
3267Integer Score3670
3714Floating Point Score 3610
3322
5.66 GB/sec
AES-XTS3653
6.23 GB/sec
3931
19.9 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)5604
28.3 MB/sec
4321
204.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression4817
227.9 Mpixels/sec
2231
6.29 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2606
7.35 MTE/sec
2713
3.19 MElements/sec
HTML53762
4.42 MElements/sec
3715
1.16 Mrows/sec
SQLite3836
1.20 Mrows/sec
3207
174.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4067
220.7 Mpixels/sec
2903
924.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering2699
859.8 KB/sec
3681
28.7 Klines/sec
Clang4035
31.4 Klines/sec
3240
37.6 images/sec
Camera2685
31.1 images/sec
3405
4.26 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3597
4.50 Mpairs/sec
4951
30672.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics4736
29342.7 FPS
3551
195.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur3013
165.6 Mpixels/sec
4249
32.7 images/sec
Face Detection4235
32.6 images/sec
3246
80.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection4215
103.9 Mpixels/sec
5083
249.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5331
261.5 Mpixels/sec
6448
87.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR6896
94.0 Mpixels/sec
5407
4.34 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4545
3.65 Mpixels/sec
3251
29.1 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2787
25.0 Kpixels/sec
2413
77.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2691
86.0 Words/sec
1618
62.5 images/sec
Machine Learning1183
45.7 images/sec