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General information Xeon E5-2630 Core i7-940
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Bloomfield
Clock 2.3 GHz 20.7 % 2.9 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 2.8 GHz 12.5 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 26.9 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 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
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2630 Core i7-940
Overall Score 44714 0 % 37153 16.9 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 3997 0 % 1905 52.3 %
Single Thread Score 1278.3 3.1 % 1319.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 1909.4 MB/s 56.5 % 4392.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 98 MB/s 0 % 64.2 MB/s 34.6 %
String objects sorting 15441.8 thousand/s 0 % 8828.3 thousand/s 42.8 %
Prime numbers generation 33.8 millions/s 0 % 22 millions/s 35 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 23714 millions/s 0 % 16235.7 millions/s 31.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8729.7 millions/s 0 % 6881.4 millions/s 21.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2630, Core i7-940.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2630 Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 87.5 FPS 65.0 FPS
High settings 140.0 FPS 104.1 FPS
Medium settings 175.0 FPS 130.1 FPS
Low settings 218.8 FPS 162.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.7 %

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 E5-2630 Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.3 FPS 116.0 FPS
High settings 206.8 FPS 185.5 FPS
Medium settings 258.6 FPS 231.9 FPS
Low settings 323.2 FPS 289.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.3 %
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