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Intel logo Xeon E5520
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Intel Xeon E5520 logo AMD Phenom X3 8550 logo
General information Xeon E5520 Phenom X3 8550
Launched Q1 2009 Q2 2009
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM2
Clock 2.3 GHz 0 % 2.2 GHz 4.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 3 25 %
Threads 8 0 % 3 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 15.8 % 95 W 0 %
Performance Xeon E5520 Phenom X3 8550
Overall Score 35723 0 % 28900 19.1 %
Future Proof 11 % 15.4 % 13 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1629 0 % 698 57.2 %
Single Thread Score 1051.1 0 % 842.5 19.8 %
Encrypting Data 3692.9 MB/s 0 % 1607.3 MB/s 56.5 %
Compressing Data 54 MB/s 0 % 21.7 MB/s 59.8 %
String objects sorting 7479.4 thousand/s 0 % 3197 thousand/s 57.3 %
Prime numbers generation 21.2 millions/s 0 % 4 millions/s 81 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13249.6 millions/s 0 % 2815.7 millions/s 78.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5725.2 millions/s 0 % 2461.5 millions/s 57 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5520, Phenom X3 8550.

Average frames per second Xeon E5520 Phenom X3 8550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.8 FPS 40.6 FPS
High settings 97.3 FPS 65.0 FPS
Medium settings 121.7 FPS 81.3 FPS
Low settings 152.1 FPS 101.6 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 E5520 Phenom X3 8550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.5 FPS 101.3 FPS
High settings 181.6 FPS 162.1 FPS
Medium settings 227.0 FPS 202.6 FPS
Low settings 283.8 FPS 253.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.7 %
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