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General information Xeon E5-2640 Core2 Duo E8300
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Wolfdale
Clock 2.5 GHz 10.7 % 2.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2640 Core2 Duo E8300
Overall Score 44973 0 % 28335 37 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 4091 0 % 645 84.2 %
Single Thread Score 1362.8 0 % 1080.4 20.7 %
Encrypting Data 1936.5 MB/s 0 % 1457 MB/s 24.8 %
Compressing Data 104.4 MB/s 0 % 19.3 MB/s 81.5 %
String objects sorting 16012.9 thousand/s 0 % 2888.6 thousand/s 82 %
Prime numbers generation 32.8 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 75.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25086.9 millions/s 0 % 4353.1 millions/s 82.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 9274.4 millions/s 0 % 2422.7 millions/s 73.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2640, Core2 Duo E8300.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2640 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 88.3 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 141.2 FPS 63.1 FPS
Medium settings 176.5 FPS 78.9 FPS
Low settings 220.6 FPS 98.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 55.3 %

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 E5-2640 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.7 FPS 100.3 FPS
High settings 207.5 FPS 160.5 FPS
Medium settings 259.3 FPS 200.6 FPS
Low settings 324.1 FPS 250.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.6 %
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