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

Core i3-9100F vs Xeon E3-1280 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-9100F beats the Xeon E3-1280 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1280 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Xeon E3-1280 v3 has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i3-9100F and Xeon E3-1280 v3 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i3-9100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-9100F 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 i3-9100F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.