Intel Xeon Gold 6348 vs Intel Xeon E3 1280

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6348 with 28 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1280 with 4 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6348 's Advantages

Released 10 years late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (42MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1280 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 235W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6348 +16%

1571

Intel Xeon E3 1280

1348

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6348 +96%

8894

Intel Xeon E3 1280

4533

Intel Xeon Gold 6348

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Intel Xeon E3 1280

General Parameters

Apr 2021

Release Date

Apr 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Ice Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

Intel Socket 4189

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Ice Lake-SP)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

Intel Socket 4189

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

235 W

Power Consumption

95 W

80 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

216 mm²

FC-LGA4189

Package

FC-LGA10

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

28

Total Core Count

4

56

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

35.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

42 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

64

PCIe Lanes

16

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