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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-1660
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Sandy Bridge-EP
Clock 3 GHz 9.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 10.3 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 130 W 7.1 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-1660
Overall Score 53590 0 % 48281 9.9 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 31 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 8248 0 % 5434 34.1 %
Single Thread Score 1995 0 % 1812.2 9.2 %
Encrypting Data 3698.6 MB/s 0 % 2589.6 MB/s 30 %
Compressing Data 194.7 MB/s 0 % 137.9 MB/s 29.2 %
String objects sorting 27742.2 thousand/s 0 % 21200.4 thousand/s 23.6 %
Prime numbers generation 61.4 millions/s 0 % 42 millions/s 31.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 48023.1 millions/s 0 % 32738.4 millions/s 31.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23824 millions/s 0 % 12111.6 millions/s 49.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E5-1660.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-1660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.9 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 182.2 FPS 157.0 FPS
Medium settings 227.8 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 284.7 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.9 %

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 E5-1660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 135.5 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 216.8 FPS
Medium settings 289.7 FPS 271.1 FPS
Low settings 362.1 FPS 338.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.4 %
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