Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Compare Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 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

2814 points

0.93% slightly better overall score

2788 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4480 points

29% slightly better gaming score

3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2320 points

2584 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2227 points

2521 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3800 points

13475 points

254% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1215 points

2524 points

107% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

79% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5.1 GHz

27% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

128 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

567th of 1,089

572nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E3-1280 v3 vs Core Ultra 7 255H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1280 v3 is faster than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 255H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Xeon E3-1280 v3 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1280 v3. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1280 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1280 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.