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General information Xeon E3-1240 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 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 36.4 %
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 E3-1240 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 43250 0 % 26476 38.8 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3499 0 % 491 86 %
Single Thread Score 1720.8 0 % 788.9 54.2 %
Encrypting Data 1672.3 MB/s 0 % 1106.2 MB/s 33.9 %
Compressing Data 87.6 MB/s 0 % 16.3 MB/s 81.4 %
String objects sorting 13330.3 thousand/s 0 % 2223.5 thousand/s 83.3 %
Prime numbers generation 24.8 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 79.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 20626.7 millions/s 0 % 2955.2 millions/s 85.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7788.8 millions/s 0 % 1627.2 millions/s 79.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1240, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1240 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.1 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 133.0 FPS 56.8 FPS
Medium settings 166.3 FPS 71.0 FPS
Low settings 207.8 FPS 88.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 57.3 %

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 E3-1240 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.6 FPS 97.0 FPS
High settings 202.5 FPS 155.2 FPS
Medium settings 253.2 FPS 194.0 FPS
Low settings 316.5 FPS 242.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.4 %
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