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General information Xeon E5-2420 Core2 Quad Q6600
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1356 LGA775
Clock 1.9 GHz 20.8 % 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 %
Performance Xeon E5-2420 Core2 Quad Q6600
Overall Score 42470 0 % 32899 22.5 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 3253 0 % 1171 64 %
Single Thread Score 1091.3 0 % 949.1 13 %
Encrypting Data 1535.1 MB/s 43 % 2690.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 83.2 MB/s 0 % 39 MB/s 53.1 %
String objects sorting 12414.3 thousand/s 0 % 5323 thousand/s 57.1 %
Prime numbers generation 27.9 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 64.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19434.7 millions/s 0 % 7885 millions/s 59.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7216.1 millions/s 0 % 3968.7 millions/s 45 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2420, Core2 Quad Q6600.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2420 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 80.9 FPS 52.5 FPS
High settings 129.4 FPS 84.0 FPS
Medium settings 161.7 FPS 105.0 FPS
Low settings 202.2 FPS 131.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.1 %

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 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.4 FPS 108.6 FPS
High settings 200.6 FPS 173.7 FPS
Medium settings 250.7 FPS 217.2 FPS
Low settings 313.4 FPS 271.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.4 %
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