Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 vs Intel Core i5-3450S. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon E3 v3 Intel Core i 3000
• Family
  Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  4 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  3.5 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.9 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.9 GHz No turbo

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
  11.1 11.0
• Execution units
  20 6
• Generation
  7.5 7
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics P4600 Intel HD Graphics 2500
• GPU Turbo
  1250 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2012
• Shader
  160 48
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-3450S and Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 and Intel Core i5-3450S 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)
  84 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 and Intel Core i5-3450S, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell S Ivy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2012
• Socket
  LGA 1150 LGA 1155
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d