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Intel logo Xeon E5-2666 v3
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General information Xeon E5-2666 v3 Core i7-5960X
Launched Q1 2015 Q3 2014
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011-v3
Clock 2.9 GHz 3.3 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 8 20 %
Threads 20 0 % 16 20 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 W 3.6 % 140 W 0 %
Performance Xeon E5-2666 v3 Core i7-5960X
Overall Score 55166 0 % 53636 2.8 %
Future Proof 46 % 0 % 43 % 6.5 %
Benchmark Score 9261 0 % 8276 10.6 %
Single Thread Score 1974.9 1.2 % 1997.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 4280.2 MB/s 0 % 3690.5 MB/s 13.8 %
Compressing Data 238.5 MB/s 0 % 193.4 MB/s 18.9 %
String objects sorting 32750.9 thousand/s 0 % 27813 thousand/s 15.1 %
Prime numbers generation 57.5 millions/s 7.1 % 61.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 58528 millions/s 0 % 47940.9 millions/s 18.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 29416 millions/s 0 % 23906.5 millions/s 18.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2666 v3, Core i7-5960X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2666 v3 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.6 FPS 114.0 FPS
High settings 189.7 FPS 182.5 FPS
Medium settings 237.1 FPS 228.1 FPS
Low settings 296.4 FPS 285.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.8 %

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 E5-2666 v3 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.9 FPS 145.2 FPS
High settings 236.6 FPS 232.3 FPS
Medium settings 295.8 FPS 290.3 FPS
Low settings 369.7 FPS 362.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.8 %
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