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General information Xeon E3-1280 Core i5-2500K
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 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 5.1 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 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 E3-1280 Core i5-2500K
Overall Score 43651 0 % 40398 7.5 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 21 % 12.5 %
Benchmark Score 3631 0 % 2663 26.7 %
Single Thread Score 1789.6 0 % 1684.4 5.9 %
Encrypting Data 1710.6 MB/s 0 % 1044.2 MB/s 39 %
Compressing Data 94.8 MB/s 0 % 65.5 MB/s 30.9 %
String objects sorting 14022.8 thousand/s 0 % 8981.8 thousand/s 35.9 %
Prime numbers generation 25.2 millions/s 3.3 % 26 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21758.4 millions/s 0 % 14362.2 millions/s 34 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8181.8 millions/s 0 % 7417.8 millions/s 9.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280, Core i5-2500K.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.3 FPS 74.7 FPS
High settings 134.9 FPS 119.5 FPS
Medium settings 168.7 FPS 149.4 FPS
Low settings 210.9 FPS 186.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.4 %

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 E3-1280 Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.5 FPS 121.7 FPS
High settings 204.0 FPS 194.8 FPS
Medium settings 255.0 FPS 243.5 FPS
Low settings 318.7 FPS 304.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.5 %
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