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General information Xeon E5-2690 Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q1 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 Yorkfield
Clock 2.9 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 3.4 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 W 0 % 95 W 29.6 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2690 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 50099 0 % 35071 30 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 6300 0 % 1513 76 %
Single Thread Score 1649.7 0 % 1216.1 26.3 %
Encrypting Data 3043.8 MB/s 12.4 % 3474.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 165.8 MB/s 0 % 48.1 MB/s 71 %
String objects sorting 25010.3 thousand/s 0 % 6537.5 thousand/s 73.9 %
Prime numbers generation 49.2 millions/s 0 % 19.1 millions/s 61.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39687.1 millions/s 0 % 10615.4 millions/s 73.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14519.3 millions/s 0 % 6070.2 millions/s 58.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2690, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2690 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.5 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 165.6 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 207.0 FPS 117.7 FPS
Low settings 258.7 FPS 147.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.1 %

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 E5-2690 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.9 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 222.2 FPS 179.9 FPS
Medium settings 277.7 FPS 224.9 FPS
Low settings 347.1 FPS 281.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 19 %
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