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General information Xeon E5-2670 Core2 Quad Q8400
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2009
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 Yorkfield
Clock 2.6 GHz 3.7 % 2.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 W 0 % 95 W 17.4 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2670 Core2 Quad Q8400
Overall Score 49059 0 % 34009 30.7 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 13 % 53.6 %
Benchmark Score 5793 0 % 1338 76.9 %
Single Thread Score 1482.3 0 % 1134.7 23.5 %
Encrypting Data 2811.5 MB/s 8.6 % 3076 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 152.8 MB/s 0 % 45.4 MB/s 70.3 %
String objects sorting 23214.5 thousand/s 0 % 6053 thousand/s 73.9 %
Prime numbers generation 46.3 millions/s 0 % 7.1 millions/s 84.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 36355.3 millions/s 0 % 9883.3 millions/s 72.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13417.4 millions/s 0 % 5650.5 millions/s 57.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2670, Core2 Quad Q8400.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2670 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 100.4 FPS 55.8 FPS
High settings 160.7 FPS 89.2 FPS
Medium settings 200.9 FPS 111.5 FPS
Low settings 251.1 FPS 139.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.5 %

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 E5-2670 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.0 FPS 110.6 FPS
High settings 219.2 FPS 176.9 FPS
Medium settings 274.0 FPS 221.1 FPS
Low settings 342.5 FPS 276.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.3 %
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