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General information Xeon E5-2603 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Wolfdale
Clock 1.8 GHz 43.8 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
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 No No
Performance Xeon E5-2603 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 35079 0 % 30055 14.3 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 1514 0 % 816 46.1 %
Single Thread Score 865.4 34.4 % 1319.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 3478.4 MB/s 0 % 1861.3 MB/s 46.5 %
Compressing Data 34.4 MB/s 0 % 25.9 MB/s 24.8 %
String objects sorting 4718.8 thousand/s 0 % 3621.4 thousand/s 23.3 %
Prime numbers generation 19.9 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 50.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 6708.9 millions/s 0 % 5419.8 millions/s 19.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3847.3 millions/s 0 % 3297.7 millions/s 14.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2603, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2603 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.0 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 94.3 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 117.9 FPS 88.2 FPS
Low settings 147.4 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.2 %

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 E5-2603 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.4 FPS 103.6 FPS
High settings 179.8 FPS 165.7 FPS
Medium settings 224.8 FPS 207.1 FPS
Low settings 281.0 FPS 258.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.8 %
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