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General information Xeon E3-1280 Core i5-661
Launched Q2 2011 Q1 2010
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Clarkdale
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 7.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 87 W 8.4 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 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 × 4 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E3-1280 Core i5-661
Overall Score 43650 0 % 35534 18.6 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 17 % 29.2 %
Benchmark Score 3630 0 % 1594 56.1 %
Single Thread Score 1802.2 0 % 1430 20.7 %
Encrypting Data 1696.9 MB/s 52.7 % 3589.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 93.6 MB/s 0 % 38 MB/s 59.4 %
String objects sorting 14078.6 thousand/s 0 % 5274 thousand/s 62.5 %
Prime numbers generation 24.8 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 55.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21736.6 millions/s 0 % 9415.6 millions/s 56.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8084.2 millions/s 0 % 4024 millions/s 50.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280, Core i5-661.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 Core i5-661
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.3 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 134.9 FPS 96.4 FPS
Medium settings 168.7 FPS 120.5 FPS
Low settings 210.8 FPS 150.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.6 %

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 i5-661
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.3 FPS 113.0 FPS
High settings 203.7 FPS 180.7 FPS
Medium settings 254.6 FPS 225.9 FPS
Low settings 318.2 FPS 282.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.3 %
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