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General information Xeon E3-1220 Core i3-540
Launched Q3 2011 Q1 2010
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Clarkdale
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 0 % 73 W 8.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Xeon E3-1220 Core i3-540
Overall Score 39887 0 % 31563 20.9 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 17 % 34.6 %
Benchmark Score 2531 0 % 992 60.8 %
Single Thread Score 1567.9 0 % 1260.8 19.6 %
Encrypting Data 5773.2 MB/s 0 % 2256.8 MB/s 60.9 %
Compressing Data 60.8 MB/s 0 % 33.2 MB/s 45.4 %
String objects sorting 8569.6 thousand/s 0 % 4599 thousand/s 46.3 %
Prime numbers generation 29.2 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 65.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13512.7 millions/s 0 % 8143.6 millions/s 39.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7011 millions/s 0 % 3468.5 millions/s 50.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1220, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1220 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 73.2 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 117.1 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 146.4 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 183.0 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.7 %

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 E3-1220 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 120.7 FPS 106.1 FPS
High settings 193.1 FPS 169.7 FPS
Medium settings 241.3 FPS 212.1 FPS
Low settings 301.6 FPS 265.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.1 %
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