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General information Xeon E5-2680 Core2 Duo E8400
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 2.7 GHz 10 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 2 75 %
Threads 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2680 Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 49656 0 % 29685 40.2 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 6080 0 % 776 87.2 %
Single Thread Score 1564.9 0 % 1237 21 %
Encrypting Data 3005.8 MB/s 0 % 1760.4 MB/s 41.4 %
Compressing Data 158.5 MB/s 0 % 24.6 MB/s 84.5 %
String objects sorting 24015.3 thousand/s 0 % 3369.9 thousand/s 86 %
Prime numbers generation 48.2 millions/s 0 % 8.9 millions/s 81.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37836.3 millions/s 0 % 5227.5 millions/s 86.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13730.3 millions/s 0 % 3059 millions/s 77.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2680, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2680 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 102.2 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 163.4 FPS 68.8 FPS
Medium settings 204.3 FPS 86.0 FPS
Low settings 255.4 FPS 107.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 57.9 %

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 E5-2680 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.8 FPS 102.7 FPS
High settings 220.5 FPS 164.3 FPS
Medium settings 275.6 FPS 205.4 FPS
Low settings 344.5 FPS 256.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.5 %
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