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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1275 v3
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2013
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Haswell-E Haswell
Clock 3 GHz 14.3 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 10.3 % 3.9 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 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 E3-1275 v3
Overall Score 53636 0 % 46443 13.4 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 36 % 16.3 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 4652 43.8 %
Single Thread Score 1970.1 11.3 % 2222.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 3705.4 MB/s 0 % 2008.9 MB/s 45.8 %
Compressing Data 192.8 MB/s 0 % 106 MB/s 45 %
String objects sorting 27562.7 thousand/s 0 % 14877 thousand/s 46 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 32.8 millions/s 47.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47798 millions/s 0 % 25787 millions/s 46.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23620.5 millions/s 0 % 12898.2 millions/s 45.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E3-1275 v3.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1275 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 92.7 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 148.2 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 185.3 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 231.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.8 %

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 E3-1275 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.1 FPS 132.4 FPS
High settings 232.1 FPS 211.9 FPS
Medium settings 290.1 FPS 264.8 FPS
Low settings 362.7 FPS 331.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.7 %
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