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Intel logo Xeon E5540
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Intel logo Xeon E5-2603

Intel Xeon E5540 logo Intel Xeon E5-2603 logo
General information Xeon E5540 Xeon E5-2603
Launched Q3 2009 Q1 2012
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA2011
Clock 2.5 GHz 0 % 1.8 GHz 28 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 0 % 80 W 0 %
Performance Xeon E5540 Xeon E5-2603
Overall Score 36625 0 % 35079 4.2 %
Future Proof 14 % 50 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1799 0 % 1514 15.8 %
Single Thread Score 1204.2 0 % 874.9 27.3 %
Encrypting Data 4092.2 MB/s 0 % 3471.4 MB/s 15.2 %
Compressing Data 60.1 MB/s 0 % 34.6 MB/s 42.5 %
String objects sorting 7802.2 thousand/s 0 % 4714.1 thousand/s 39.6 %
Prime numbers generation 20.1 millions/s 0 % 19.8 millions/s 1.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14995 millions/s 0 % 6756.2 millions/s 54.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6328 millions/s 0 % 3820.6 millions/s 39.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5540, Xeon E5-2603.

Average frames per second Xeon E5540 Xeon E5-2603
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 63.5 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 101.6 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 127.0 FPS 117.8 FPS
Low settings 158.8 FPS 147.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.3 %

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 E5540 Xeon E5-2603
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.1 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 184.2 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 230.2 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 287.8 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.4 %
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