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General information Xeon E3-1270 Core i5-2500
Launched Q2 2011 Q4 2010
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 2.9 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 2.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 15.8 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E3-1270 Core i5-2500
Overall Score 43192 0 % 40411 6.4 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 21 % 12.5 %
Benchmark Score 3480 0 % 2667 23.4 %
Single Thread Score 1756.3 0 % 1700.2 3.2 %
Encrypting Data 1619.9 MB/s 0 % 1038.9 MB/s 35.9 %
Compressing Data 87.9 MB/s 0 % 65.4 MB/s 25.5 %
String objects sorting 13370.1 thousand/s 0 % 9085.2 thousand/s 32 %
Prime numbers generation 25 millions/s 0 % 24 millions/s 4.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 20897.1 millions/s 0 % 14480.8 millions/s 30.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7793 millions/s 0 % 7502.2 millions/s 3.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1270, Core i5-2500.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1270 Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.0 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 132.7 FPS 119.6 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 149.5 FPS
Low settings 207.4 FPS 186.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.9 %

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 Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.7 FPS 121.8 FPS
High settings 202.7 FPS 194.8 FPS
Medium settings 253.4 FPS 243.5 FPS
Low settings 316.7 FPS 304.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.9 %
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