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General information Xeon E5-2640 v2 Core2 Quad Q9650
Launched Q1 2014 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Yorkfield
Clock 2 GHz 33.3 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 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 E5-2640 v2 Core2 Quad Q9650
Overall Score 47126 0 % 35545 24.6 %
Future Proof 40 % 0 % 10 % 75 %
Benchmark Score 4932 0 % 1596 67.6 %
Single Thread Score 1276.6 1.3 % 1293.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 2293.5 MB/s 36.6 % 3619.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 130 MB/s 0 % 50.6 MB/s 61.1 %
String objects sorting 17829 thousand/s 0 % 6876.4 thousand/s 61.4 %
Prime numbers generation 40.7 millions/s 0 % 18.9 millions/s 53.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28936 millions/s 0 % 11385.6 millions/s 60.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14638.6 millions/s 0 % 6332.3 millions/s 56.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2640 v2, Core2 Quad Q9650.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2640 v2 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 94.7 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 151.5 FPS 96.5 FPS
Medium settings 189.4 FPS 120.6 FPS
Low settings 236.8 FPS 150.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.3 %

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 E5-2640 v2 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 133.6 FPS 113.2 FPS
High settings 213.7 FPS 181.2 FPS
Medium settings 267.2 FPS 226.5 FPS
Low settings 334.0 FPS 283.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.2 %
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