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General information Xeon E3-1270 Core2 Quad Q9550
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 Yorkfield
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 17.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 15.8 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E3-1270 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 43192 0 % 35071 18.8 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3480 0 % 1513 56.5 %
Single Thread Score 1756.3 0 % 1225.9 30.2 %
Encrypting Data 1619.9 MB/s 53.4 % 3474.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 87.9 MB/s 0 % 47.9 MB/s 45.5 %
String objects sorting 13370.1 thousand/s 0 % 6465.7 thousand/s 51.6 %
Prime numbers generation 25 millions/s 0 % 18.8 millions/s 24.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 20897.1 millions/s 0 % 10690.3 millions/s 48.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7793 millions/s 0 % 6027.8 millions/s 22.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1270, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1270 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.0 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 132.7 FPS 94.3 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 117.9 FPS
Low settings 207.4 FPS 147.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 29 %

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 E3-1270 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.7 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 202.7 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 253.4 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 316.7 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.3 %
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