Intel Core i3-9100 vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2845 points

1% slightly better overall score

2814 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5304 points

18% slightly better gaming score

4480 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2160 points

2320 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2073 points

2227 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3579 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3457 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1335 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

956 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3650 points

3800 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1394 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1215 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

26% slightly lower TDP

82 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

561st of 1,089

567th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i3

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-9100 vs Xeon E3-1280 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-9100 is faster than the Xeon E3-1280 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1280 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E3-1280 v3 has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i3-9100 and Xeon E3-1280 v3 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i3-9100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-9100 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1280 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i3-9100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.