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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1281 v3
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2015
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1150
Clock 3 GHz 18.9 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 14.6 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 82 W 41.4 %
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1281 v3
Overall Score 53636 0 % 46781 12.8 %
Future Proof 43 % 8.5 % 47 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 4789 42.1 %
Single Thread Score 1970.1 15.7 % 2338.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 3705.4 MB/s 0 % 2092.7 MB/s 43.5 %
Compressing Data 192.8 MB/s 0 % 111.8 MB/s 42 %
String objects sorting 27562.7 thousand/s 0 % 15343.6 thousand/s 44.3 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 30.1 millions/s 51.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47798 millions/s 0 % 27228.5 millions/s 43 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23620.5 millions/s 0 % 13649.9 millions/s 42.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E3-1281 v3.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1281 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 93.7 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 149.9 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 187.3 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 234.2 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 E3-1281 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.1 FPS 133.0 FPS
High settings 232.1 FPS 212.9 FPS
Medium settings 290.1 FPS 266.1 FPS
Low settings 362.7 FPS 332.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.3 %
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