Ryzen 3 5425U vs Xeon E3-1281 v3

Place in the ranking	1267	990
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	5.42	44.92
Architecture codename	no data	Barcelo-U (Zen 3) (2022)
Release date	1 April 2014 (10 years ago)	6 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1281 v3 and Ryzen 3 5425U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	no data	512K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	180 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	no data	10,700 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1281 v3 and Ryzen 3 5425U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1150	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	82 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1281 v3 and Ryzen 3 5425U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	+	-
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1281 v3 and Ryzen 3 5425U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1281 v3 and Ryzen 3 5425U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1281 v3 and Ryzen 3 5425U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600	DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1281 v3 and Ryzen 3 5425U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E3-1281 v3 4.72

Ryzen 3 5425U 7.15
+51.5%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E3-1281 v3 7463

Ryzen 3 5425U 11317
+51.6%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E3-1281 v3 1303

Ryzen 3 5425U 1502
+15.3%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E3-1281 v3 4105

Ryzen 3 5425U 4279
+4.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.72	7.15
Recency	1 April 2014	6 January 2022
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	82 Watt	15 Watt

Ryzen 3 5425U has a 51.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 214.3% more advanced lithography process, and 446.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 5425U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1281 v3 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1281 v3 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 3 5425U is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1281 v3 and Ryzen 3 5425U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.