Information about the Intel Xeon E3-1270 segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

• Name
  Intel Xeon E3-1270
• Family
  Intel Xeon E3
• CPU group
  Intel Xeon E3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Generation
  2

Technical and quantitative specifications of the Intel Xeon E3-1270: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  4 / 8
• Core architecture
  normal
• Cores
  4x
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes
• Overclocking
  No
• Frequency
  3.40 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.80 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.60 GHz

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in Intel Xeon E3-1270 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo

List of video codecs supported by the Intel Xeon E3-1270 CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  No
• VP8
  No
• VP9
  No
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  No
• VC-1
  No
• JPEG
  No

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the Intel Xeon E3-1270. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel)
• ECC
  Yes
• PCIe
  2.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  Yes

Let's find out what TDP has the Intel Xeon E3-1270? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  80 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the Intel Xeon E3-1270 CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  32 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic
• Socket
  LGA 1155
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Sandy-Bridge
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Linux
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• Release date
  Q2/2011
• Release price
  339 $