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General information Xeon E3-1270 V2 Core i3-2120
Launched Q3 2012 Q1 2011
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 W 0 % 65 W 5.8 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E3-1270 V2 Core i3-2120
Overall Score 45242 0 % 33526 25.9 %
Future Proof 31 % 0 % 23 % 25.8 %
Benchmark Score 4189 0 % 1263 69.8 %
Single Thread Score 2094.6 0 % 1497.9 28.5 %
Encrypting Data 1893.2 MB/s 33.9 % 2864.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 104.3 MB/s 0 % 40.9 MB/s 60.8 %
String objects sorting 14415.4 thousand/s 0 % 6092.9 thousand/s 57.7 %
Prime numbers generation 29.9 millions/s 0 % 11.9 millions/s 60.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 23226.5 millions/s 0 % 9415.7 millions/s 59.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11548.4 millions/s 0 % 3638.9 millions/s 68.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1270 V2, Core i3-2120.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1270 V2 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 89.0 FPS 54.4 FPS
High settings 142.5 FPS 87.0 FPS
Medium settings 178.1 FPS 108.7 FPS
Low settings 222.6 FPS 135.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 39 %

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 E3-1270 V2 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.3 FPS 109.7 FPS
High settings 208.5 FPS 175.5 FPS
Medium settings 260.6 FPS 219.4 FPS
Low settings 325.7 FPS 274.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.8 %
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