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General information Xeon E5-2680 Core i5-2500
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2010
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 2.7 GHz 18.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 5.4 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2680 Core i5-2500
Overall Score 49658 0 % 40411 18.6 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 21 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 6081 0 % 2667 56.1 %
Single Thread Score 1545.1 10.1 % 1719 0 %
Encrypting Data 2993.9 MB/s 0 % 1039.9 MB/s 65.3 %
Compressing Data 159.5 MB/s 0 % 65.4 MB/s 59 %
String objects sorting 24098.7 thousand/s 0 % 9076.1 thousand/s 62.3 %
Prime numbers generation 48.4 millions/s 0 % 24.1 millions/s 50.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37843.3 millions/s 0 % 14582.6 millions/s 61.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13925.5 millions/s 0 % 7502.2 millions/s 46.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2680, Core i5-2500.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2680 Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 102.2 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 163.5 FPS 119.6 FPS
Medium settings 204.3 FPS 149.5 FPS
Low settings 255.4 FPS 186.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.8 %

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 E5-2680 Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.0 FPS 121.7 FPS
High settings 220.8 FPS 194.7 FPS
Medium settings 276.0 FPS 243.4 FPS
Low settings 345.0 FPS 304.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.8 %
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