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General information Xeon E5-2680 Core2 Quad Q8300
Launched Q2 2012 Q1 2009
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Yorkfield
Clock 2.7 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 7.4 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2680 Core2 Quad Q8300
Overall Score 49656 0 % 33257 33 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 11 % 63.3 %
Benchmark Score 6080 0 % 1223 79.9 %
Single Thread Score 1564.9 0 % 1069.5 31.7 %
Encrypting Data 2976 MB/s 0 % 2778.9 MB/s 6.6 %
Compressing Data 157.1 MB/s 0 % 40.8 MB/s 74 %
String objects sorting 24184.3 thousand/s 0 % 5545.1 thousand/s 77.1 %
Prime numbers generation 47.8 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 85.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37273.2 millions/s 0 % 9062.5 millions/s 75.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13827.4 millions/s 0 % 5235 millions/s 62.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2680, Core2 Quad Q8300.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2680 Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 102.2 FPS 53.5 FPS
High settings 163.4 FPS 85.6 FPS
Medium settings 204.3 FPS 107.0 FPS
Low settings 255.4 FPS 133.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.6 %

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 E5-2680 Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.0 FPS 109.0 FPS
High settings 220.7 FPS 174.4 FPS
Medium settings 275.9 FPS 218.0 FPS
Low settings 344.9 FPS 272.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 21 %
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