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Intel logo Xeon E5540
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General information Xeon E5540 Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Launched Q3 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM2
Clock 2.5 GHz 10.7 % 2.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 10.1 % 89 W 0 %
Performance Xeon E5540 Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Overall Score 36625 0 % 27672 24.4 %
Future Proof 14 % 0 % 10 % 28.6 %
Benchmark Score 1799 0 % 586 67.4 %
Single Thread Score 1204.2 0 % 1017.9 15.5 %
Encrypting Data 4104.6 MB/s 0 % 1337.7 MB/s 67.4 %
Compressing Data 60.6 MB/s 0 % 20.7 MB/s 65.9 %
String objects sorting 7802.2 thousand/s 0 % 2827.6 thousand/s 63.8 %
Prime numbers generation 19.9 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 74.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15069.9 millions/s 0 % 3407.9 millions/s 77.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6340.7 millions/s 0 % 2001 millions/s 68.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5540, Athlon 64 X2 5600+.

Average frames per second Xeon E5540 Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 63.5 FPS 38.0 FPS
High settings 101.6 FPS 60.7 FPS
Medium settings 127.0 FPS 75.9 FPS
Low settings 158.8 FPS 94.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 40.2 %

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 E5540 Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.1 FPS 99.3 FPS
High settings 184.2 FPS 158.9 FPS
Medium settings 230.2 FPS 198.6 FPS
Low settings 287.8 FPS 248.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.7 %
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