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General information Xeon E5-2690 Core2 Duo E8600
Launched Q1 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 2.9 GHz 12.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 2 75 %
Threads 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 W 0 % 65 W 51.9 %
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 E5-2690 Core2 Duo E8600
Overall Score 49995 0 % 30622 38.7 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 6248 0 % 879 85.9 %
Single Thread Score 1663 0 % 1412.6 15.1 %
Encrypting Data 3079.4 MB/s 0 % 2034.9 MB/s 33.9 %
Compressing Data 164.8 MB/s 0 % 28.2 MB/s 82.9 %
String objects sorting 25237.5 thousand/s 0 % 3840.9 thousand/s 84.8 %
Prime numbers generation 48.8 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 77.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39692.1 millions/s 0 % 6018.9 millions/s 84.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14784.3 millions/s 0 % 3491.5 millions/s 76.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2690, Core2 Duo E8600.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2690 Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.3 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 165.3 FPS 73.4 FPS
Medium settings 206.6 FPS 91.8 FPS
Low settings 258.3 FPS 114.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 55.6 %

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 E5-2690 Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.2 FPS 104.7 FPS
High settings 222.8 FPS 167.5 FPS
Medium settings 278.5 FPS 209.3 FPS
Low settings 348.1 FPS 261.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.8 %
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