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General information Xeon E5-2690 A8-3870K
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2011
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 FM1
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 AMD A8
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Llano
Clock 2.9 GHz 3.3 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 W 0 % 100 W 25.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
4 × 1 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2690 A8-3870K
Overall Score 50102 0 % 34928 30.3 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 27 % 3.6 %
Benchmark Score 6301 0 % 1488 76.4 %
Single Thread Score 1673 0 % 1217.9 27.2 %
Encrypting Data 3057.1 MB/s 9.9 % 3394.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 165 MB/s 0 % 50.9 MB/s 69.1 %
String objects sorting 24911.8 thousand/s 0 % 6301.4 thousand/s 74.7 %
Prime numbers generation 48.8 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 79.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39295.8 millions/s 0 % 6925 millions/s 82.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14725.7 millions/s 0 % 5277.7 millions/s 64.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2690, A8-3870K.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2690 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.5 FPS 58.4 FPS
High settings 165.6 FPS 93.5 FPS
Medium settings 207.0 FPS 116.9 FPS
Low settings 258.7 FPS 146.1 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 E5-2690 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.6 FPS 111.9 FPS
High settings 221.7 FPS 179.1 FPS
Medium settings 277.1 FPS 223.9 FPS
Low settings 346.4 FPS 279.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.2 %
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