Intel Xeon E3-1270
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Intel Xeon E3-1270 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Specifications

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Released
Q2/2011
Intel Xeon E3-1270
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Q1/2022
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E3-1270 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon E3-1270 has a base frequency of 3.40 GHz. 4 / 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 80 W. Released in Q2/2011.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has a base frequency of 1.80 GHz. 8 / 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Released in Q1/2022.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 89% better clock speed

    3.40 GHz left arrow 1.80 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 27% higher specified turbo frequency

    3.80 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E3-1270 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    637 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    488 place
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    8 left arrow 4

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    237 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    461 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    51 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E3-1270 Intel Xeon E3-1270
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E3 left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E3 left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 1
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • A-Core
    - left arrow 1x Cortex-X2
  • B-Core
    - left arrow 3x Cortex-A710
  • Base Frequency
    3.4 GHz left arrow 1.8 GHz
  • C-Core
    - left arrow 4x Cortex-A510
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.8 GHz left arrow 3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    3.6 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 2.5 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12.1
  • Generation
    - left arrow 7
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 840 MHz
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow Qualcomm Adreno 730
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2022
  • Technology
    - left arrow 4 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Intel Xeon E3-1270. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 4
  • Memory type
    DDR3-1333 left arrow LPDDR5-3200
  • PCIe
    2.0 x 20 left arrow -
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E3-1270 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    80 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E3-1270 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Sandy-Bridge left arrow Kryo
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv9-A64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 2 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • Part Number
    - left arrow SM8450
  • Release date
    Q2/2011 left arrow Q1/2022
  • Socket
    LGA 1155 left arrow -
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 4 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow None

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

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