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General information Xeon E5-2640 v2 Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q1 2014 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Conroe
Clock 2 GHz 4.8 % 2.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 2 75 %
Threads 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 22 nm 66.2 % 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 E5-2640 v2 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 47126 0 % 26476 43.8 %
Future Proof 40 % 0 % 10 % 75 %
Benchmark Score 4932 0 % 491 90 %
Single Thread Score 1266.5 0 % 788.1 37.8 %
Encrypting Data 2325.7 MB/s 0 % 1113 MB/s 52.1 %
Compressing Data 130.2 MB/s 0 % 16.2 MB/s 87.5 %
String objects sorting 17723 thousand/s 0 % 2248.1 thousand/s 87.3 %
Prime numbers generation 41.3 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 87.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28878 millions/s 0 % 2949.2 millions/s 89.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14711.7 millions/s 0 % 1656.8 millions/s 88.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2640 v2, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2640 v2 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 94.6 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 151.4 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 189.3 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 236.6 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 62.4 %

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 E5-2640 v2 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 133.4 FPS 97.3 FPS
High settings 213.5 FPS 155.6 FPS
Medium settings 266.9 FPS 194.6 FPS
Low settings 333.6 FPS 243.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.1 %
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