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General information Xeon E5-2609 Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q2 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 2.4 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 12.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
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 No No
Performance Xeon E5-2609 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 36875 0 % 26476 28.2 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 1849 0 % 491 73.4 %
Single Thread Score 1122.9 0 % 783.4 30.2 %
Encrypting Data 4247.2 MB/s 0 % 1132 MB/s 73.3 %
Compressing Data 43.1 MB/s 0 % 16.2 MB/s 62.4 %
String objects sorting 6471.8 thousand/s 0 % 2248.1 thousand/s 65.3 %
Prime numbers generation 21.9 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 76.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9645.8 millions/s 0 % 2967 millions/s 69.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4890.8 millions/s 0 % 1633.8 millions/s 66.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2609, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2609 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 64.3 FPS 35.6 FPS
High settings 102.9 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 128.6 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 160.7 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.7 %

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 E5-2609 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.5 FPS 97.3 FPS
High settings 184.9 FPS 155.7 FPS
Medium settings 231.1 FPS 194.6 FPS
Low settings 288.9 FPS 243.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.8 %
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