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Intel logo Xeon W5580
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General information Xeon W5580 Core2 Extreme Q6850
Launched Q1 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 130 W 0 %
Performance Xeon W5580 Core2 Extreme Q6850
Overall Score 38414 0 % 34935 9.1 %
Future Proof 11 % 0 % 10 % 9.1 %
Benchmark Score 2177 0 % 1490 31.6 %
Single Thread Score 1487 0 % 1238.4 16.7 %
Encrypting Data 4961.9 MB/s 0 % 3431.8 MB/s 30.8 %
Compressing Data 74.6 MB/s 0 % 52.2 MB/s 30 %
String objects sorting 10335.6 thousand/s 0 % 6885.9 thousand/s 33.4 %
Prime numbers generation 23.2 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 52.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18570.8 millions/s 0 % 10567.9 millions/s 43.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7791.3 millions/s 0 % 5174.3 millions/s 33.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon W5580, Core2 Extreme Q6850.

Average frames per second Xeon W5580 Core2 Extreme Q6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.8 FPS 58.5 FPS
High settings 110.1 FPS 93.5 FPS
Medium settings 137.6 FPS 116.9 FPS
Low settings 172.1 FPS 146.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.1 %

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 W5580 Core2 Extreme Q6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.1 FPS 111.9 FPS
High settings 188.9 FPS 179.0 FPS
Medium settings 236.2 FPS 223.8 FPS
Low settings 295.2 FPS 279.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.2 %
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