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General information Xeon E3-1280 Core2 Duo E8600
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 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
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 E8600
Overall Score 43650 0 % 30689 29.7 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3630 0 % 887 75.6 %
Single Thread Score 1791.4 0 % 1398.6 21.9 %
Encrypting Data 1702 MB/s 15.4 % 2011.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 94.4 MB/s 0 % 28.1 MB/s 70.2 %
String objects sorting 13855.3 thousand/s 0 % 3798.9 thousand/s 72.6 %
Prime numbers generation 24.8 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 55.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21605.8 millions/s 0 % 5947.1 millions/s 72.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8165.5 millions/s 0 % 3488 millions/s 57.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280, Core2 Duo E8600.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.3 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 134.9 FPS 73.5 FPS
Medium settings 168.7 FPS 91.9 FPS
Low settings 210.8 FPS 114.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 45.5 %

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 E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.2 FPS 104.4 FPS
High settings 203.5 FPS 167.0 FPS
Medium settings 254.4 FPS 208.7 FPS
Low settings 318.0 FPS 260.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.9 %
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