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General information Xeon E3-1280 Core2 Quad Q8300
Launched Q2 2011 Q1 2009
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Yorkfield
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 28.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
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
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E3-1280 Core2 Quad Q8300
Overall Score 43650 0 % 33239 23.9 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 11 % 54.2 %
Benchmark Score 3630 0 % 1221 66.4 %
Single Thread Score 1802.2 0 % 1069.5 40.7 %
Encrypting Data 1710.6 MB/s 38.4 % 2778.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 93.5 MB/s 0 % 40.6 MB/s 56.5 %
String objects sorting 14036.7 thousand/s 0 % 5590.3 thousand/s 60.2 %
Prime numbers generation 25.2 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 72.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21867.4 millions/s 0 % 9017.3 millions/s 58.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8067.9 millions/s 0 % 5175.8 millions/s 35.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280, Core2 Quad Q8300.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.3 FPS 53.5 FPS
High settings 134.9 FPS 85.6 FPS
Medium settings 168.7 FPS 107.0 FPS
Low settings 210.8 FPS 133.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.5 %

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 E3-1280 Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.4 FPS 109.1 FPS
High settings 203.9 FPS 174.5 FPS
Medium settings 254.8 FPS 218.1 FPS
Low settings 318.5 FPS 272.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.4 %
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