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Xeon E3-1280 vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Xeon E3-1280 vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X3D outperforms Xeon E3-1280 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X3D is 4294 days newer than Xeon E3-1280.

Advantages of Xeon E3-1280

  • Consumes up to 21% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - 95 vs 120 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X3D

  • Performs up to 29% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Xeon E3-1280 - 222 vs 172 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E3-1280 - 32 vs 8 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Xeon E3-1280 doesn't have integrated graphics
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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Intel Xeon E3-1280 Logo
Xeon E3-1280

Server/Workstation • Apr 3rd, 2011


FPS

172

77%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023


FPS

222

100%

Value, $/FPS

$3.36/FPS

100%

Price, $

$744.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D 16-Core, 32-Thread Desktop Processor

Buy for $744.99 on Amazon

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Updated 51 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Intel Xeon E3-1280 Logo
Xeon E3-1280

Server/Workstation • Apr 3rd, 2011

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E3-1280 Logo
Xeon E3-1280

Server/Workstation • Apr 3rd, 2011


Single-Core

658

23%

Multi-Core

2220

11%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023


Single-Core

2918

100%

Multi-Core

19633

100%

Intel Xeon E3-1280 Logo

Xeon E3-1280

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Logo

Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Apr 3rd, 2011Release Date
Jan 4th, 2023
Xeon E3CollectionRyzen 9
Sandy Bridge-EPCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 1155SocketAMD Socket AM5
Server
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
32
3.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.2 GHz
3.9 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.7 GHz
95 W
TDP120 W
32 nmProcess Size
5 nm
35.0xMultiplier
42.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

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