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General information Xeon E5-2603 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 1.8 GHz 14.3 % 2.1 GHz 0 %
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 E5-2603 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 35079 0 % 26476 24.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 1514 0 % 491 67.6 %
Single Thread Score 863.7 0 % 783.4 9.3 %
Encrypting Data 3474.5 MB/s 0 % 1132 MB/s 67.4 %
Compressing Data 34.4 MB/s 0 % 16.2 MB/s 53 %
String objects sorting 4723.5 thousand/s 0 % 2248.1 thousand/s 52.4 %
Prime numbers generation 20 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 74.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 6749.5 millions/s 0 % 2967 millions/s 56 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3832.1 millions/s 0 % 1633.8 millions/s 57.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2603, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2603 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.0 FPS 35.6 FPS
High settings 94.3 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 117.9 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 147.4 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.7 %

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 E5-2603 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.4 FPS 97.3 FPS
High settings 179.8 FPS 155.7 FPS
Medium settings 224.8 FPS 194.6 FPS
Low settings 281.0 FPS 243.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.4 %
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