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Intel logo Xeon E5-2640
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General information Xeon E5-2640 Core i5-2300
Launched Q2 2012 Q1 2011
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Sandy Bridge
Clock 2.5 GHz 10.7 % 2.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3 GHz 3.2 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2640 Core i5-2300
Overall Score 44972 0 % 38567 14.2 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 23 % 23.3 %
Benchmark Score 4091 0 % 2212 45.9 %
Single Thread Score 1349.3 5.9 % 1433.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 1940.3 MB/s 61.2 % 5004.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 104.5 MB/s 0 % 55.4 MB/s 47 %
String objects sorting 15933.1 thousand/s 0 % 7675.3 thousand/s 51.8 %
Prime numbers generation 32.9 millions/s 0 % 21.9 millions/s 33.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25036.7 millions/s 0 % 12134.8 millions/s 51.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 9218.7 millions/s 0 % 6337 millions/s 31.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2640, Core i5-2300.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2640 Core i5-2300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 88.2 FPS 69.2 FPS
High settings 141.2 FPS 110.8 FPS
Medium settings 176.5 FPS 138.5 FPS
Low settings 220.6 FPS 173.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.5 %

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 E5-2640 Core i5-2300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.7 FPS 118.5 FPS
High settings 207.6 FPS 189.5 FPS
Medium settings 259.5 FPS 236.9 FPS
Low settings 324.3 FPS 296.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.7 %
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