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General information Xeon E5-2620 Core2 Quad Q6600
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Kentsfield
Clock 2 GHz 16.7 % 2.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 9.5 % 105 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2620 Core2 Quad Q6600
Overall Score 43004 0 % 32899 23.5 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 3420 0 % 1171 65.8 %
Single Thread Score 1114.6 0 % 947.2 15 %
Encrypting Data 1605.8 MB/s 40.2 % 2683.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 86.4 MB/s 0 % 39.1 MB/s 54.8 %
String objects sorting 13164.4 thousand/s 0 % 5243.7 thousand/s 60.2 %
Prime numbers generation 29.7 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 66.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 20627.7 millions/s 0 % 7814.5 millions/s 62.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7654 millions/s 0 % 3952.9 millions/s 48.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2620, Core2 Quad Q6600.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2620 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.4 FPS 52.5 FPS
High settings 131.8 FPS 84.0 FPS
Medium settings 164.8 FPS 105.0 FPS
Low settings 206.0 FPS 131.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.3 %

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 E5-2620 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.3 FPS 108.6 FPS
High settings 202.1 FPS 173.7 FPS
Medium settings 252.7 FPS 217.2 FPS
Low settings 315.8 FPS 271.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 14 %
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