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General information Xeon E3-1280 Core2 Duo E8300
Launched Q2 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 20 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E3-1280 Core2 Duo E8300
Overall Score 43650 0 % 28335 35.1 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3630 0 % 645 82.2 %
Single Thread Score 1789.6 0 % 1080.4 39.6 %
Encrypting Data 1717.4 MB/s 0 % 1479 MB/s 13.9 %
Compressing Data 94.4 MB/s 0 % 19.4 MB/s 79.5 %
String objects sorting 13980.9 thousand/s 0 % 2854.1 thousand/s 79.6 %
Prime numbers generation 25 millions/s 0 % 7.9 millions/s 68.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21758.4 millions/s 0 % 4348.8 millions/s 80 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8198.1 millions/s 0 % 2447 millions/s 70.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280, Core2 Duo E8300.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.3 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 134.9 FPS 63.2 FPS
Medium settings 168.7 FPS 79.0 FPS
Low settings 210.8 FPS 98.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 53.2 %

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 E3-1280 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.3 FPS 100.3 FPS
High settings 203.7 FPS 160.4 FPS
Medium settings 254.7 FPS 200.5 FPS
Low settings 318.3 FPS 250.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.3 %
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