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General information Xeon E5-2640 A8-6500
Launched Q2 2012 Q3 2013
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 FM2
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 AMD A8
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Richland
Clock 2.5 GHz 28.6 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3 GHz 26.8 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2640 A8-6500
Overall Score 44973 0 % 36736 18.3 %
Future Proof 30 % 18.9 % 37 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4091 0 % 1821 55.5 %
Single Thread Score 1339.8 9.2 % 1475.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 1921.1 MB/s 53.4 % 4120.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 104.1 MB/s 0 % 45.9 MB/s 55.9 %
String objects sorting 15965 thousand/s 0 % 5865.9 thousand/s 63.3 %
Prime numbers generation 32.9 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 66.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25036.7 millions/s 0 % 19073 millions/s 23.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 9302.3 millions/s 0 % 5099.4 millions/s 45.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2640, A8-6500.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2640 A8-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 88.3 FPS 63.8 FPS
High settings 141.3 FPS 102.1 FPS
Medium settings 176.6 FPS 127.6 FPS
Low settings 220.8 FPS 159.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.8 %

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 E5-2640 A8-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.8 FPS 115.2 FPS
High settings 207.7 FPS 184.3 FPS
Medium settings 259.6 FPS 230.4 FPS
Low settings 324.5 FPS 288.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.2 %
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