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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1245 V2
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Haswell-E Ivy Bridge
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 % 77 W 45 %
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 E3-1245 V2
Overall Score 53444 0 % 44844 16.1 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 30 % 30.2 %
Benchmark Score 8158 0 % 4044 50.4 %
Single Thread Score 1972.1 3 % 2034.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 3672.8 MB/s 0 % 1844.1 MB/s 49.8 %
Compressing Data 192.9 MB/s 0 % 99.6 MB/s 48.4 %
String objects sorting 27725 thousand/s 0 % 14030 thousand/s 49.4 %
Prime numbers generation 60.9 millions/s 0 % 29.1 millions/s 52.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47372.9 millions/s 0 % 22370.7 millions/s 52.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23927 millions/s 0 % 11328.7 millions/s 52.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E3-1245 V2.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1245 V2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.6 FPS 88.0 FPS
High settings 181.7 FPS 140.8 FPS
Medium settings 227.2 FPS 176.0 FPS
Low settings 283.9 FPS 220.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.5 %

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 E3-1245 V2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.4 FPS 130.1 FPS
High settings 232.6 FPS 208.1 FPS
Medium settings 290.8 FPS 260.1 FPS
Low settings 363.5 FPS 325.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.5 %
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