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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2643 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 14.3 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 7.9 % 3.8 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 0 % 22 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 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2643 v2
Overall Score 53636 0 % 49296 8.1 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 37 % 14 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 5905 28.6 %
Single Thread Score 1980.1 0 % 1868.9 5.6 %
Encrypting Data 3750.1 MB/s 0 % 2755 MB/s 26.5 %
Compressing Data 194.6 MB/s 0 % 148.1 MB/s 23.9 %
String objects sorting 27729.6 thousand/s 0 % 19965.3 thousand/s 28 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 56.1 millions/s 9.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47702.7 millions/s 0 % 33260.7 millions/s 30.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24049.5 millions/s 0 % 16605.7 millions/s 31 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E5-2643 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2643 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 101.1 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 161.8 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 202.3 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 252.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.3 %

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 E5-2643 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.0 FPS 137.4 FPS
High settings 232.0 FPS 219.9 FPS
Medium settings 290.0 FPS 274.8 FPS
Low settings 362.6 FPS 343.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.2 %
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