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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1276 v3
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Haswell-E Haswell Refresh
Clock 3 GHz 16.7 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 12.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 84 W 40 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 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
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1276 v3
Overall Score 53636 0 % 46938 12.5 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 42 % 2.3 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 4854 41.3 %
Single Thread Score 1970.1 13.2 % 2269.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 3705.4 MB/s 0 % 2131 MB/s 42.5 %
Compressing Data 192.8 MB/s 0 % 110.6 MB/s 42.7 %
String objects sorting 27562.7 thousand/s 0 % 15281.2 thousand/s 44.6 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 32.8 millions/s 47.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47798 millions/s 0 % 26574 millions/s 44.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23620.5 millions/s 0 % 13293.8 millions/s 43.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E3-1276 v3.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1276 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 94.1 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 150.6 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 188.2 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 235.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.5 %

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 Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1276 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.1 FPS 133.3 FPS
High settings 232.1 FPS 213.3 FPS
Medium settings 290.1 FPS 266.6 FPS
Low settings 362.7 FPS 333.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.1 %
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