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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-1630 v3
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2014
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Haswell-EP
Clock 3 GHz 18.9 % 3.7 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 % 140 W 0 %
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 × 10 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-1630 v3
Overall Score 53636 0 % 46762 12.8 %
Future Proof 43 % 2.3 % 44 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 4782 42.2 %
Single Thread Score 1997.9 4.5 % 2093 0 %
Encrypting Data 3690.5 MB/s 0 % 2036 MB/s 44.8 %
Compressing Data 193.4 MB/s 0 % 106.2 MB/s 45.1 %
String objects sorting 27813 thousand/s 0 % 15020.9 thousand/s 46 %
Prime numbers generation 61.9 millions/s 0 % 34.2 millions/s 44.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47940.9 millions/s 0 % 26448.6 millions/s 44.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23906.5 millions/s 0 % 13284.5 millions/s 44.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E5-1630 v3.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-1630 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 93.6 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 149.8 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 187.2 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 234.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.9 %

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 E5-1630 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.2 FPS 133.0 FPS
High settings 232.3 FPS 212.8 FPS
Medium settings 290.3 FPS 266.0 FPS
Low settings 362.9 FPS 332.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.4 %
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