Intel Xeon E3-1280 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E3-1280 and Intel Xeon E5-2420. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

678Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score443
2708Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2563
5510PassMark CPU Mark Rating5161
1780PassMark Single Thread Rating1103

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E3-1280ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2420
3500 MHzFrequency1900 MHz
3900 MHzMaximum Frequency2400 MHz
4Cores6
8Threads12
95 WTDP95 W
Sandy Bridge-EPCodenameSandy Bridge-EN
Socket 1155 LGAPackageSocket 2011 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

775Single-Core Score456
2954Multi-Core Score4290
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Evaluation (64-bit)
Dell Inc. Precision T1600ModelFUJITSU PRIMERGY TX200 S7
Dell Inc. 06NWYKMotherboardFUJITSU D3099-A1
High performancePower PlanHigh performance

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E3-1280NameIntel Xeon E5-2420
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 12 Cores, 24 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7
3.49 GHzBase Frequency1.90 GHz
3890 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1155 LGAPackage
Sandy Bridge-WSCodename
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 Cache15.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize80.00 GB
665 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

775Single-Core Score456
854Crypto Score482
732Integer Score440
855Floating Point Score 487
854
1.46 GB/sec
AES-XTS482
842.0 MB/sec
857
4.33 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)541
2.73 MB/sec
836
39.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression491
23.2 Mpixels/sec
768
2.17 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)412
1.16 MTE/sec
730
857.4 KElements/sec
HTML5417
489.7 KElements/sec
661
207.2 Krows/sec
SQLite409
128.0 Krows/sec
720
39.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering441
23.9 Mpixels/sec
666
212.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering432
137.6 KB/sec
685
5.34 Klines/sec
Clang417
3.25 Klines/sec
690
7.99 images/sec
Camera415
4.81 images/sec
841
1.05 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics471
588.8 Kpairs/sec
805
4986.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics461
2856.1 FPS
754
41.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur416
22.8 Mpixels/sec
775
5.97 images/sec
Face Detection457
3.51 images/sec
805
19.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection458
11.3 Mpixels/sec
1353
66.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting742
36.4 Mpixels/sec
1389
18.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR807
11.0 Mpixels/sec
917
736.1 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing522
419.2 Kpixels/sec
564
5.05 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion324
2.90 Kpixels/sec
942
30.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition538
17.2 Words/sec
611
23.6 images/sec
Machine Learning352
13.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2954Multi-Core Score4290
3179Crypto Score3888
2950Integer Score4082
2926Floating Point Score 4808
3179
5.42 GB/sec
AES-XTS3888
6.63 GB/sec
4039
20.4 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)5920
29.9 MB/sec
3713
175.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression5894
278.8 Mpixels/sec
2048
5.78 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1196
3.37 MTE/sec
2825
3.32 MElements/sec
HTML54634
5.44 MElements/sec
3120
977.5 Krows/sec
SQLite5843
1.83 Mrows/sec
3288
178.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4785
259.7 Mpixels/sec
2309
735.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering3092
985.0 KB/sec
3131
24.4 Klines/sec
Clang4741
36.9 Klines/sec
2629
30.5 images/sec
Camera3966
46.0 images/sec
3480
4.35 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics4316
5.40 Mpairs/sec
3890
24100.7 FPS
Rigid Body Physics5859
36299.1 FPS
2621
144.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur4717
259.3 Mpixels/sec
3093
23.8 images/sec
Face Detection5853
45.1 images/sec
3331
82.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection5049
124.5 Mpixels/sec
4443
218.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting7033
345.0 Mpixels/sec
5654
77.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR9237
125.9 Mpixels/sec
3939
3.16 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing6400
5.14 Mpixels/sec
2117
19.0 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion3737
33.5 Kpixels/sec
1890
60.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition3498
111.8 Words/sec
929
35.9 images/sec
Machine Learning1656
64.0 images/sec