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General information Xeon E5-2690 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 2.9 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 27.6 %
Cores 8 0 % 2 75 %
Threads 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 W 0 % 65 W 51.9 %
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 E5-2690 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 50103 0 % 26476 47.2 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 6302 0 % 491 92.2 %
Single Thread Score 1654.7 0 % 790.5 52.2 %
Encrypting Data 3029.6 MB/s 0 % 1107.3 MB/s 63.4 %
Compressing Data 167.3 MB/s 0 % 16.1 MB/s 90.4 %
String objects sorting 25217.5 thousand/s 0 % 2214.6 thousand/s 91.2 %
Prime numbers generation 49 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 89.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39775.2 millions/s 0 % 2975.9 millions/s 92.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14756 millions/s 0 % 1642 millions/s 88.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2690, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2690 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.5 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 165.6 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 207.0 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 258.7 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 65.7 %

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 E5-2690 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.7 FPS 97.0 FPS
High settings 221.9 FPS 155.2 FPS
Medium settings 277.4 FPS 194.0 FPS
Low settings 346.8 FPS 242.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.1 %
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