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General information Xeon E3-1290 V2 Core2 Quad Q9650
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 18.9 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 87 W 8.4 % 95 W 0 %
Performance Xeon E3-1290 V2 Core2 Quad Q9650
Overall Score 45322 0 % 35548 21.6 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 4219 0 % 1597 62.1 %
Single Thread Score 2133.4 0 % 1271.5 40.4 %
Encrypting Data 1899.8 MB/s 47.7 % 3630.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 103.1 MB/s 0 % 50.7 MB/s 50.9 %
String objects sorting 14637.3 thousand/s 0 % 6808.9 thousand/s 53.5 %
Prime numbers generation 30.1 millions/s 0 % 19.9 millions/s 33.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 23370.3 millions/s 0 % 11220.3 millions/s 52 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11818 millions/s 0 % 6268.1 millions/s 47 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1290 V2, Core2 Quad Q9650.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1290 V2 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 89.3 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 142.9 FPS 96.5 FPS
Medium settings 178.6 FPS 120.6 FPS
Low settings 223.2 FPS 150.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 32.5 %

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 E3-1290 V2 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.4 FPS 113.1 FPS
High settings 208.7 FPS 181.0 FPS
Medium settings 260.8 FPS 226.3 FPS
Low settings 326.0 FPS 282.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.2 %
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