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General information Xeon E3-1280 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 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 20 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 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 E3-1280 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 43650 0 % 35071 19.7 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3630 0 % 1513 58.3 %
Single Thread Score 1805.8 0 % 1221 32.4 %
Encrypting Data 1712.3 MB/s 50.3 % 3447.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 94.1 MB/s 0 % 48.5 MB/s 48.5 %
String objects sorting 13980.9 thousand/s 0 % 6485.3 thousand/s 53.6 %
Prime numbers generation 25.1 millions/s 0 % 18.8 millions/s 25 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21867.4 millions/s 0 % 10604.7 millions/s 51.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8059.8 millions/s 0 % 6058.1 millions/s 24.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.3 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 134.9 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 168.7 FPS 117.7 FPS
Low settings 210.8 FPS 147.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.2 %

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 E3-1280 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.4 FPS 112.3 FPS
High settings 203.8 FPS 179.7 FPS
Medium settings 254.7 FPS 224.6 FPS
Low settings 318.4 FPS 280.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.8 %
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