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General information Xeon E3-1231 v3 Core2 Quad Q8400
Launched Q2 2014 Q2 2009
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1150 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Yorkfield
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 20.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 15.8 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E3-1231 v3 Core2 Quad Q8400
Overall Score 46196 0 % 34008 26.4 %
Future Proof 42 % 0 % 13 % 69 %
Benchmark Score 4554 0 % 1338 70.6 %
Single Thread Score 2139.4 0 % 1137 46.9 %
Encrypting Data 1951.2 MB/s 36 % 3048 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 103.6 MB/s 0 % 44.9 MB/s 56.7 %
String objects sorting 14355.9 thousand/s 0 % 6077.5 thousand/s 57.7 %
Prime numbers generation 32.3 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 78.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 24940.8 millions/s 0 % 9903.2 millions/s 60.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12554.4 millions/s 0 % 5656.1 millions/s 54.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1231 v3, Core2 Quad Q8400.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1231 v3 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.9 FPS 55.7 FPS
High settings 147.1 FPS 89.2 FPS
Medium settings 183.8 FPS 111.5 FPS
Low settings 229.8 FPS 139.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.3 %

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 E3-1231 v3 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.9 FPS 110.4 FPS
High settings 211.0 FPS 176.7 FPS
Medium settings 263.7 FPS 220.8 FPS
Low settings 329.7 FPS 276.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.3 %
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