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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1245
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 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 9.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 5.4 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1245
Overall Score 53568 0 % 43103 19.5 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 24 % 44.2 %
Benchmark Score 8234 0 % 3452 58.1 %
Single Thread Score 1981 0 % 1730 12.7 %
Encrypting Data 3708.1 MB/s 0 % 1606.2 MB/s 56.7 %
Compressing Data 192.8 MB/s 0 % 88.7 MB/s 54 %
String objects sorting 27886.7 thousand/s 0 % 13079.5 thousand/s 53.1 %
Prime numbers generation 61 millions/s 0 % 25 millions/s 59 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47829.6 millions/s 0 % 20821.7 millions/s 56.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24037.4 millions/s 0 % 7726.1 millions/s 67.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1245
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.8 FPS 82.7 FPS
High settings 182.1 FPS 132.3 FPS
Medium settings 227.7 FPS 165.4 FPS
Low settings 284.6 FPS 206.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.4 %

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
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.8 FPS 126.4 FPS
High settings 231.7 FPS 202.2 FPS
Medium settings 289.6 FPS 252.8 FPS
Low settings 362.0 FPS 316.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.7 %
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