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General information Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q2 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Conroe
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 34.4 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 0 % 65 W 18.8 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 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
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 42634 0 % 26476 37.9 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3304 0 % 491 85.1 %
Single Thread Score 1668.3 0 % 791.3 52.6 %
Encrypting Data 1527.1 MB/s 0 % 1111.8 MB/s 27.2 %
Compressing Data 85.1 MB/s 0 % 16.3 MB/s 80.9 %
String objects sorting 12716.4 thousand/s 0 % 2248.1 thousand/s 82.3 %
Prime numbers generation 24 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 79 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19861.8 millions/s 0 % 2940.3 millions/s 85.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7416.6 millions/s 0 % 1646.9 millions/s 77.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1230, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 81.3 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 130.1 FPS 56.8 FPS
Medium settings 162.6 FPS 71.0 FPS
Low settings 203.2 FPS 88.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 56.3 %

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 E3-1230 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.5 FPS 96.9 FPS
High settings 200.7 FPS 155.1 FPS
Medium settings 250.9 FPS 193.8 FPS
Low settings 313.7 FPS 242.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.8 %
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