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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1225
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2011
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 Sandy Bridge
Clock 3 GHz 3.2 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 2.9 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1225
Overall Score 53561 0 % 39864 25.6 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 23 % 46.5 %
Benchmark Score 8230 0 % 2525 69.3 %
Single Thread Score 2003.9 0 % 1591.6 20.6 %
Encrypting Data 3665.4 MB/s 36.7 % 5794.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 193.6 MB/s 0 % 62.6 MB/s 67.7 %
String objects sorting 27835.9 thousand/s 0 % 8550.3 thousand/s 69.3 %
Prime numbers generation 61.5 millions/s 0 % 23.9 millions/s 61.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47372.9 millions/s 0 % 13461.5 millions/s 71.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23855.6 millions/s 0 % 6925.8 millions/s 71 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E3-1225.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1225
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.8 FPS 73.1 FPS
High settings 182.1 FPS 117.0 FPS
Medium settings 227.6 FPS 146.2 FPS
Low settings 284.5 FPS 182.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.8 %

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 Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1225
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.8 FPS 120.6 FPS
High settings 231.6 FPS 192.9 FPS
Medium settings 289.6 FPS 241.1 FPS
Low settings 362.0 FPS 301.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.7 %
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