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General information Xeon E5-2687W Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Conroe
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 32.3 %
Cores 8 0 % 2 75 %
Threads 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 65 W 56.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2687W Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 50408 0 % 26476 47.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 6456 0 % 491 92.4 %
Single Thread Score 1661.7 0 % 788.9 52.5 %
Encrypting Data 3171.6 MB/s 0 % 1106.2 MB/s 65.1 %
Compressing Data 171.4 MB/s 0 % 16.3 MB/s 90.5 %
String objects sorting 25303.4 thousand/s 0 % 2225.8 thousand/s 91.2 %
Prime numbers generation 50.2 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 89.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 41004 millions/s 0 % 2981.9 millions/s 92.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 15288.2 millions/s 0 % 1628.9 millions/s 89.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2687W, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2687W Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.4 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 167.1 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 208.8 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 261.0 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 66 %

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 E5-2687W Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.2 FPS 97.0 FPS
High settings 222.8 FPS 155.2 FPS
Medium settings 278.5 FPS 194.0 FPS
Low settings 348.1 FPS 242.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.3 %
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