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Intel logo Xeon E5-2420
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General information Xeon E5-2420 A8-6600K
Launched Q2 2012 Q2 2013
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1356 FM2
Clock 1.9 GHz 51.3 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 2.4 GHz 42.9 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 5 % 100 W 0 %
Performance Xeon E5-2420 A8-6600K
Overall Score 42470 0 % 37356 12 %
Future Proof 30 % 16.7 % 36 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3253 0 % 1947 40.1 %
Single Thread Score 1077.1 30.3 % 1545.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 1545.8 MB/s 65.4 % 4473.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 82.1 MB/s 0 % 50.9 MB/s 38 %
String objects sorting 12552.1 thousand/s 0 % 6395.9 thousand/s 49 %
Prime numbers generation 27.9 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 60.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19688.9 millions/s 2.3 % 20145.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7310.6 millions/s 0 % 5280.4 millions/s 27.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2420, A8-6600K.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2420 A8-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 80.9 FPS 65.7 FPS
High settings 129.4 FPS 105.0 FPS
Medium settings 161.7 FPS 131.3 FPS
Low settings 202.2 FPS 164.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.8 %

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 E5-2420 A8-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.4 FPS 116.4 FPS
High settings 200.7 FPS 186.3 FPS
Medium settings 250.9 FPS 232.8 FPS
Low settings 313.6 FPS 291.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.2 %
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