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General information Xeon E5-2640 v2 Core2 Quad Q8300
Launched Q1 2014 Q1 2009
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Yorkfield
Clock 2 GHz 20 % 2.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 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 E5-2640 v2 Core2 Quad Q8300
Overall Score 47126 0 % 33230 29.5 %
Future Proof 40 % 0 % 11 % 72.5 %
Benchmark Score 4932 0 % 1219 75.3 %
Single Thread Score 1260.1 0 % 1053.6 16.4 %
Encrypting Data 2293.5 MB/s 17.1 % 2767.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 129.1 MB/s 0 % 40.6 MB/s 68.6 %
String objects sorting 17793.7 thousand/s 0 % 5520.5 thousand/s 69 %
Prime numbers generation 40.7 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 82.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29052 millions/s 0 % 9072.9 millions/s 68.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14726.4 millions/s 0 % 5157.2 millions/s 65 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2640 v2, Core2 Quad Q8300.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2640 v2 Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 94.6 FPS 53.5 FPS
High settings 151.4 FPS 85.6 FPS
Medium settings 189.3 FPS 107.0 FPS
Low settings 236.6 FPS 133.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.5 %

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 E5-2640 v2 Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 133.7 FPS 109.1 FPS
High settings 213.9 FPS 174.6 FPS
Medium settings 267.3 FPS 218.2 FPS
Low settings 334.2 FPS 272.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.4 %
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