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General information Xeon E5-1620 Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q2 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 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 22.2 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
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 E5-1620 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 44118 0 % 35072 20.5 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 3788 0 % 1513 60.1 %
Single Thread Score 1751.3 0 % 1211.2 30.8 %
Encrypting Data 1761.3 MB/s 48.9 % 3447.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 92.8 MB/s 0 % 48.7 MB/s 47.5 %
String objects sorting 14297.8 thousand/s 0 % 6473.2 thousand/s 54.7 %
Prime numbers generation 28.9 millions/s 0 % 19.1 millions/s 34.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21984.3 millions/s 0 % 10594 millions/s 51.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8241.9 millions/s 0 % 6039.9 millions/s 26.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-1620, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-1620 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 85.7 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 137.2 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 171.5 FPS 117.8 FPS
Low settings 214.4 FPS 147.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.3 %

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 E5-1620 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 128.3 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 205.3 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 256.6 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 320.7 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.4 %
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