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General information Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Quad Q6600
Launched Q2 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Kentsfield
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 25 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 23.8 % 105 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Quad Q6600
Overall Score 42633 0 % 32899 22.8 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3304 0 % 1171 64.6 %
Single Thread Score 1656.7 0 % 949.1 42.7 %
Encrypting Data 1530.2 MB/s 43.1 % 2690.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 85.1 MB/s 0 % 39 MB/s 54.1 %
String objects sorting 12614.9 thousand/s 0 % 5323 thousand/s 57.8 %
Prime numbers generation 23.9 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 58.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19723.5 millions/s 0 % 7885 millions/s 60 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7461.1 millions/s 0 % 3968.7 millions/s 46.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1230, Core2 Quad Q6600.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1230 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 81.4 FPS 52.5 FPS
High settings 130.2 FPS 84.0 FPS
Medium settings 162.7 FPS 105.0 FPS
Low settings 203.4 FPS 131.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.5 %

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 E3-1230 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.7 FPS 108.6 FPS
High settings 201.1 FPS 173.7 FPS
Medium settings 251.4 FPS 217.2 FPS
Low settings 314.2 FPS 271.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.6 %
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