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Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3

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Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3

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Higher clock speed 3.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz Around 5% higher clock speed
Higher turbo clock speed 3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz Around 5% higher turbo clock speed
Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.89 GHz vs 3.76 GHz Around 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
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Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.81 GHz vs 3.5 GHz Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
Newer Apr, 2014 vs Apr, 2013 Release date a year later

Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E3-1270 v3 vs E3-1231 v3

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1270 v3
13,241
Xeon E3-1231 v3
12,960

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1270 v3
3,427
Xeon E3-1231 v3
3,431

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1270 v3
4,560,000 MB/s
Xeon E3-1231 v3
4,175,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1270 v3
13,328
Xeon E3-1231 v3
12,749

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1270 v3
14,722
Xeon E3-1231 v3
13,285

GeekBench

Xeon E3-1270 v3
14,722
Xeon E3-1231 v3
13,285

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Xeon E3-1270 v3
9,832
Xeon E3-1231 v3
9,627

PassMark (Single Core)

Xeon E3-1270 v3
2,222
Xeon E3-1231 v3
2,170

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Xeon E3-1270 v3  vs
E3-1231 v3 
Clock speed 3.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.9 GHz 3.8 GHz
Cores Quad core Quad core

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
EM64T
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 80W 80W
Annual home energy cost 19.27 $/year 19.27 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 70.08 $/year 70.08 $/year
Performance per watt 22.48 pt/W 18.71 pt/W
Typical power consumption 65W 65W

bus
Architecture DMI DMI 2.0
Number of links 0 0
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s

details

 Xeon E3-1270 v3  vs
E3-1231 v3 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 8 8
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core 2 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm 22 nm
Max CPUs 1 1

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 3.89 GHz 3.76 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.5 GHz 3.81 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.89 GHz 3.76 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU None None
Label N/A N/A
Latest DirectX N/A N/A
Number of displays supported N/A N/A
GPU clock speed N/A N/A
Turbo clock speed N/A N/A
3DMark06 N/A N/A

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC Yes Yes
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 32,768 MB
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