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General information Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q2 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 0 % 65 W 18.8 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 42633 0 % 30055 29.5 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3304 0 % 816 75.3 %
Single Thread Score 1648.4 0 % 1318.4 20 %
Encrypting Data 1530.2 MB/s 18.4 % 1875.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 84.9 MB/s 0 % 25.9 MB/s 69.5 %
String objects sorting 12665.6 thousand/s 0 % 3646.8 thousand/s 71.2 %
Prime numbers generation 24 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 57.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19782.8 millions/s 0 % 5376.6 millions/s 72.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7461.1 millions/s 0 % 3281.3 millions/s 56 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1230, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 81.4 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 130.2 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 162.7 FPS 88.2 FPS
Low settings 203.4 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 45.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.6 FPS 103.4 FPS
High settings 201.0 FPS 165.5 FPS
Medium settings 251.2 FPS 206.8 FPS
Low settings 314.0 FPS 258.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.7 %
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