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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2687W v2
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2013
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 3 GHz 11.8 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 12.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 8 0 %
Threads 16 0 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 6.7 % 150 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2687W v2
Overall Score 53581 0 % 53049 1 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 37 % 14 %
Benchmark Score 8242 0 % 7920 3.9 %
Single Thread Score 1990.9 2.8 % 2048.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 3715.5 MB/s 1.2 % 3761.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 192.3 MB/s 3.7 % 199.6 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 27789.7 thousand/s 1.2 % 28134.6 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 61.8 millions/s 4.8 % 64.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47476.5 millions/s 0 % 45417.5 millions/s 4.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23830.6 millions/s 0 % 22564.9 millions/s 5.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E5-2687W v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2687W v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.8 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 182.1 FPS 179.5 FPS
Medium settings 227.6 FPS 224.4 FPS
Low settings 284.5 FPS 280.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %

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 E5-2687W v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.8 FPS 143.9 FPS
High settings 231.7 FPS 230.2 FPS
Medium settings 289.7 FPS 287.8 FPS
Low settings 362.1 FPS 359.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.6 %
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