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General information Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Duo E8400
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 3.2 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 0 % 65 W 18.8 %
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 E3-1230 Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 42633 0 % 29685 30.4 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3304 0 % 776 76.5 %
Single Thread Score 1668.3 0 % 1240.7 25.6 %
Encrypting Data 1530.2 MB/s 14.3 % 1785.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 85.1 MB/s 0 % 24.7 MB/s 71 %
String objects sorting 12792.5 thousand/s 0 % 3391.1 thousand/s 73.5 %
Prime numbers generation 24 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 62.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19723.5 millions/s 0 % 5180.8 millions/s 73.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7468.5 millions/s 0 % 3045.7 millions/s 59.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1230, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 81.4 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 130.2 FPS 68.8 FPS
Medium settings 162.7 FPS 86.0 FPS
Low settings 203.4 FPS 107.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.1 %

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 E3-1230 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.7 FPS 102.9 FPS
High settings 201.1 FPS 164.7 FPS
Medium settings 251.4 FPS 205.9 FPS
Low settings 314.2 FPS 257.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.1 %
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