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Intel logo Xeon E5-2420
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General information Xeon E5-2420 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1356 LGA775
Clock 1.9 GHz 40.6 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Performance Xeon E5-2420 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 42470 0 % 30055 29.2 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 3253 0 % 816 74.9 %
Single Thread Score 1088 17.5 % 1318.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 1522.8 MB/s 18.8 % 1875.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 82.3 MB/s 0 % 25.9 MB/s 68.5 %
String objects sorting 12401.7 thousand/s 0 % 3646.8 thousand/s 70.6 %
Prime numbers generation 27.9 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 63.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19376 millions/s 0 % 5376.6 millions/s 72.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7245.2 millions/s 0 % 3281.3 millions/s 54.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2420, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2420 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 80.9 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 129.4 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 161.7 FPS 88.2 FPS
Low settings 202.2 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 45.5 %

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 E5-2420 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.3 FPS 103.4 FPS
High settings 200.6 FPS 165.5 FPS
Medium settings 250.7 FPS 206.8 FPS
Low settings 313.4 FPS 258.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.5 %
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