Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
Intel Socket 1151SERVER
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2015
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

None

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
AES-NI
F16C
EPT
ECC
AVX2
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
FMA3
BMI1
BMI2
x8 SDDC
vPro

Architecture

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Skylake
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameIvy Bridge-EPvsSkylake-DT
Release DateSep 2013vsOct 2015

Cores

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs2vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache10240 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
SocketIntel Socket 2011vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Size160mm²vs160mm²
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
Cpu Frequency2500 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP80 Wvs80 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2
    2575 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
    4600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2
    12360 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
    20594 points

Points - higher is better