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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1220 v5
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2016
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Haswell-E Skylake-H
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 80 W 42.9 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 0 % 64 GB 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
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 No
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1220 v5
Overall Score 53568 0 % 43999 17.9 %
Future Proof 43 % 17.3 % 52 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8234 0 % 3748 54.5 %
Single Thread Score 1995 3.2 % 2061.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 3722.9 MB/s 0 % 1699.8 MB/s 54.3 %
Compressing Data 194.3 MB/s 0 % 73.9 MB/s 62 %
String objects sorting 27831.2 thousand/s 0 % 9675.9 thousand/s 65.2 %
Prime numbers generation 61.5 millions/s 0 % 36.9 millions/s 40.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47972.5 millions/s 0 % 14712.4 millions/s 69.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24037.4 millions/s 0 % 12837.6 millions/s 46.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E3-1220 v5.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1220 v5
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.8 FPS 85.4 FPS
High settings 182.1 FPS 136.6 FPS
Medium settings 227.7 FPS 170.8 FPS
Low settings 284.6 FPS 213.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 25 %

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 E3-1220 v5
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 128.0 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 204.8 FPS
Medium settings 289.8 FPS 255.9 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 319.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.7 %
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