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Intel logo Xeon E5-2640
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Intel Xeon E5-2640 logo AMD Athlon II X2 255 logo
General information Xeon E5-2640 Athlon II X2 255
Launched Q2 2012 Q1 2010
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM3
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 AMD Athlon II X2
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Regor
Clock 2.5 GHz 19.4 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
2 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2640 Athlon II X2 255
Overall Score 44972 0 % 29491 34.4 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 17 % 43.3 %
Benchmark Score 4091 0 % 756 81.5 %
Single Thread Score 1360.1 0 % 1229.1 9.6 %
Encrypting Data 1907.6 MB/s 0 % 1720.1 MB/s 9.8 %
Compressing Data 105.5 MB/s 0 % 25.8 MB/s 75.6 %
String objects sorting 15996.9 thousand/s 0 % 3270.3 thousand/s 79.6 %
Prime numbers generation 32.9 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 81.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25137.1 millions/s 0 % 3448.6 millions/s 86.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 9265.1 millions/s 0 % 2515.5 millions/s 72.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2640, Athlon II X2 255.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2640 Athlon II X2 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 88.2 FPS 42.5 FPS
High settings 141.2 FPS 68.0 FPS
Medium settings 176.5 FPS 85.0 FPS
Low settings 220.6 FPS 106.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.9 %

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 Athlon II X2 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.6 FPS 102.4 FPS
High settings 207.3 FPS 163.9 FPS
Medium settings 259.2 FPS 204.8 FPS
Low settings 324.0 FPS 256.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 21 %
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