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Intel logo Xeon E5540
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AMD logo Athlon II X2 260

Intel Xeon E5540 logo AMD Athlon II X2 260 logo
General information Xeon E5540 Athlon II X2 260
Launched Q3 2009 Q3 2010
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM3
Clock 2.5 GHz 21.9 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 0 % 65 W 18.8 %
Performance Xeon E5540 Athlon II X2 260
Overall Score 36625 0 % 29472 19.5 %
Future Proof 14 % 30 % 20 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1799 0 % 754 58.1 %
Single Thread Score 1204.2 3.4 % 1247 0 %
Encrypting Data 4104.6 MB/s 0 % 1714.3 MB/s 58.2 %
Compressing Data 60.6 MB/s 0 % 25.4 MB/s 58.1 %
String objects sorting 7802.2 thousand/s 0 % 3269.9 thousand/s 58.1 %
Prime numbers generation 19.9 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 69.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15069.9 millions/s 0 % 3339.7 millions/s 77.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6340.7 millions/s 0 % 2677 millions/s 57.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5540, Athlon II X2 260.

Average frames per second Xeon E5540 Athlon II X2 260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 63.5 FPS 42.4 FPS
High settings 101.6 FPS 67.9 FPS
Medium settings 127.0 FPS 84.8 FPS
Low settings 158.8 FPS 106.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.2 %

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 II X2 260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.1 FPS 102.5 FPS
High settings 184.2 FPS 164.0 FPS
Medium settings 230.2 FPS 204.9 FPS
Low settings 287.8 FPS 256.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 11 %
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