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Intel logo Xeon E5-2420
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General information Xeon E5-2420 Core2 Duo E8400
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1356 LGA775
Clock 1.9 GHz 36.7 % 3 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 %
Performance Xeon E5-2420 Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 42470 0 % 29685 30.1 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 3253 0 % 776 76.1 %
Single Thread Score 1094.5 11.8 % 1240.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 1519.7 MB/s 14.9 % 1785.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 83.4 MB/s 0 % 24.7 MB/s 70.4 %
String objects sorting 12552.1 thousand/s 0 % 3391.1 thousand/s 73 %
Prime numbers generation 28.2 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 67.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19532.4 millions/s 0 % 5180.8 millions/s 73.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7310.6 millions/s 0 % 3045.7 millions/s 58.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2420, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2420 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 80.9 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 129.4 FPS 68.8 FPS
Medium settings 161.7 FPS 86.0 FPS
Low settings 202.2 FPS 107.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 46.8 %

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 E5-2420 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.4 FPS 102.9 FPS
High settings 200.7 FPS 164.7 FPS
Medium settings 250.8 FPS 205.9 FPS
Low settings 313.6 FPS 257.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.9 %
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