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General information A8-3870K Xeon E5420
Launched Q4 2011 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Server
Factory AMD Intel
Socket FM1 LGA771
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 16.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 W 0 % 80 W 20 %
Performance A8-3870K Xeon E5420
Overall Score 34928 0 % 33814 3.2 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 11 % 59.3 %
Benchmark Score 1488 0 % 1307 12.2 %
Single Thread Score 1201 0 % 1065.3 11.3 %
Encrypting Data 3418.4 MB/s 0 % 2966.8 MB/s 13.2 %
Compressing Data 50.5 MB/s 0 % 42.2 MB/s 16.5 %
String objects sorting 6301.4 thousand/s 0 % 5602.4 thousand/s 11.1 %
Prime numbers generation 10.1 millions/s 36.7 % 15.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 6987.3 millions/s 26.1 % 9455.3 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5336.3 millions/s 0 % 5319.3 millions/s 0.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for A8-3870K, Xeon E5420.

Average frames per second A8-3870K Xeon E5420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.4 FPS 55.2 FPS
High settings 93.5 FPS 88.3 FPS
Medium settings 116.9 FPS 110.3 FPS
Low settings 146.1 FPS 137.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.6 %

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 A8-3870K Xeon E5420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.9 FPS 109.9 FPS
High settings 179.0 FPS 175.8 FPS
Medium settings 223.8 FPS 219.8 FPS
Low settings 279.7 FPS 274.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.8 %
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