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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1230 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 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 % 80 W 42.9 %
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 E3-1230 v3
Overall Score 53444 0 % 45709 14.5 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 36 % 16.3 %
Benchmark Score 8158 0 % 4365 46.5 %
Single Thread Score 1997.9 3.5 % 2069.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 3724.6 MB/s 0 % 1891.3 MB/s 49.2 %
Compressing Data 193 MB/s 0 % 99.1 MB/s 48.6 %
String objects sorting 27558.7 thousand/s 0 % 13910.1 thousand/s 49.5 %
Prime numbers generation 60.5 millions/s 0 % 31 millions/s 48.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47753.8 millions/s 0 % 23991.7 millions/s 49.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23712.8 millions/s 0 % 12165.4 millions/s 48.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E3-1230 v3.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1230 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.5 FPS 90.6 FPS
High settings 181.7 FPS 145.0 FPS
Medium settings 227.1 FPS 181.2 FPS
Low settings 283.8 FPS 226.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.2 %

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 E3-1230 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.4 FPS 131.6 FPS
High settings 232.6 FPS 210.5 FPS
Medium settings 290.8 FPS 263.2 FPS
Low settings 363.5 FPS 329.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %
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