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General information Xeon E5-2690 Core i5-6500
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2015
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Skylake-S
Clock 2.9 GHz 9.4 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 5.3 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 W 0 % 65 W 51.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2690 Core i5-6500
Overall Score 50099 0 % 43679 12.8 %
Future Proof 28 % 42.9 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6300 0 % 3640 42.2 %
Single Thread Score 1659.7 20.8 % 2095.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 3068.3 MB/s 0 % 1679 MB/s 45.3 %
Compressing Data 167.1 MB/s 0 % 75.5 MB/s 54.8 %
String objects sorting 25136 thousand/s 0 % 9368.4 thousand/s 62.7 %
Prime numbers generation 48.6 millions/s 0 % 28 millions/s 42.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39805.7 millions/s 0 % 14740.1 millions/s 63 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14798 millions/s 0 % 12329.5 millions/s 16.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2690, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2690 Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.5 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 165.6 FPS 135.1 FPS
Medium settings 207.0 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 258.7 FPS 211.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.4 %

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 E5-2690 Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.9 FPS 127.6 FPS
High settings 222.2 FPS 204.1 FPS
Medium settings 277.7 FPS 255.1 FPS
Low settings 347.1 FPS 318.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.1 %
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