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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1231 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 11.8 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 7.9 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 80 W 42.9 %
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 E3-1231 v3
Overall Score 53636 0 % 46191 13.9 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 42 % 2.3 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 4552 45 %
Single Thread Score 1997.9 6.9 % 2145.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 3690.5 MB/s 0 % 1977.7 MB/s 46.4 %
Compressing Data 193.4 MB/s 0 % 103.2 MB/s 46.6 %
String objects sorting 27813 thousand/s 0 % 14299.1 thousand/s 48.6 %
Prime numbers generation 61.9 millions/s 0 % 31.9 millions/s 48.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47940.9 millions/s 0 % 24911.8 millions/s 48 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23906.5 millions/s 0 % 12476.1 millions/s 47.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E3-1231 v3.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1231 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 91.9 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 147.0 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 183.8 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 229.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.4 %

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 E3-1231 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.2 FPS 132.0 FPS
High settings 232.3 FPS 211.2 FPS
Medium settings 290.3 FPS 264.0 FPS
Low settings 362.9 FPS 330.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.1 %
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