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General information Xeon E5-2660 Core2 Quad Q9650
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 2.2 GHz 26.7 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
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 E5-2660 Core2 Quad Q9650
Overall Score 47885 0 % 35545 25.8 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 5258 0 % 1596 69.6 %
Single Thread Score 1399.4 0 % 1293.3 7.6 %
Encrypting Data 2594.9 MB/s 28.3 % 3619.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 138.8 MB/s 0 % 50.6 MB/s 63.6 %
String objects sorting 20907.1 thousand/s 0 % 6876.4 thousand/s 67.1 %
Prime numbers generation 41.3 millions/s 0 % 18.9 millions/s 54.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32726.1 millions/s 0 % 11385.6 millions/s 65.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12077.1 millions/s 0 % 6332.3 millions/s 47.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2660, Core2 Quad Q9650.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2660 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 96.9 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 155.1 FPS 96.5 FPS
Medium settings 193.8 FPS 120.6 FPS
Low settings 242.3 FPS 150.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.8 %

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 E5-2660 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 134.9 FPS 113.2 FPS
High settings 215.9 FPS 181.2 FPS
Medium settings 269.9 FPS 226.5 FPS
Low settings 337.3 FPS 283.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.1 %
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