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General information Xeon E5-2690 v2 Core2 Quad Q8400
Launched Q3 2013 Q2 2009
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Yorkfield
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 10 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2690 v2 Core2 Quad Q8400
Overall Score 54331 0 % 34008 37.4 %
Future Proof 37 % 0 % 13 % 64.9 %
Benchmark Score 8713 0 % 1338 84.6 %
Single Thread Score 1866.1 0 % 1140.4 38.9 %
Encrypting Data 4293.3 MB/s 0 % 3029.7 MB/s 29.4 %
Compressing Data 239.6 MB/s 0 % 45 MB/s 81.2 %
String objects sorting 31682.2 thousand/s 0 % 6163 thousand/s 80.5 %
Prime numbers generation 61.8 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 88.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 52662 millions/s 0 % 10022.7 millions/s 81 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 26634.6 millions/s 0 % 5644.9 millions/s 78.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2690 v2, Core2 Quad Q8400.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2690 v2 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.0 FPS 55.7 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 89.2 FPS
Medium settings 232.1 FPS 111.5 FPS
Low settings 290.1 FPS 139.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 52 %

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 E5-2690 v2 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.3 FPS 110.3 FPS
High settings 234.0 FPS 176.5 FPS
Medium settings 292.5 FPS 220.7 FPS
Low settings 365.7 FPS 275.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.6 %
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