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General information Xeon E3-1270 Core2 Quad Q9650
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 % 3 GHz 11.8 %
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 Q9650
Overall Score 43192 0 % 35548 17.7 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3480 0 % 1597 54.1 %
Single Thread Score 1758 0 % 1271.5 27.7 %
Encrypting Data 1623.1 MB/s 55.3 % 3630.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 87.6 MB/s 0 % 50.7 MB/s 42.2 %
String objects sorting 13197.7 thousand/s 0 % 6808.9 thousand/s 48.4 %
Prime numbers generation 25 millions/s 0 % 19.9 millions/s 20.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 20960 millions/s 0 % 11220.3 millions/s 46.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7777.3 millions/s 0 % 6268.1 millions/s 19.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1270, Core2 Quad Q9650.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1270 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.0 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 132.7 FPS 96.5 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 120.6 FPS
Low settings 207.4 FPS 150.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.3 %

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 E3-1270 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.6 FPS 113.1 FPS
High settings 202.6 FPS 181.0 FPS
Medium settings 253.2 FPS 226.3 FPS
Low settings 316.5 FPS 282.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.6 %
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