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Intel logo Xeon E5-2420
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AMD logo A8-5500

Intel Xeon E5-2420 logo AMD A8-5500 logo
General information Xeon E5-2420 A8-5500
Launched Q2 2012 Q2 2012
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1356 FM2
Clock 1.9 GHz 40.6 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 2.4 GHz 35.1 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Performance Xeon E5-2420 A8-5500
Overall Score 42470 0 % 36018 15.2 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3253 0 % 1683 48.3 %
Single Thread Score 1084.7 18 % 1323.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 1524.3 MB/s 60.3 % 3842.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 82.1 MB/s 0 % 42.9 MB/s 47.8 %
String objects sorting 12514.5 thousand/s 0 % 5441.6 thousand/s 56.5 %
Prime numbers generation 27.9 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 60.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19512.9 millions/s 0 % 17350.4 millions/s 11.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7230.7 millions/s 0 % 4655.9 millions/s 35.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2420, A8-5500.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2420 A8-5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 80.8 FPS 61.7 FPS
High settings 129.3 FPS 98.7 FPS
Medium settings 161.6 FPS 123.4 FPS
Low settings 202.0 FPS 154.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.7 %

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 E5-2420 A8-5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.2 FPS 113.8 FPS
High settings 200.4 FPS 182.1 FPS
Medium settings 250.4 FPS 227.6 FPS
Low settings 313.1 FPS 284.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.1 %
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