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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1265L v3
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Haswell-E Haswell
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 16.7 %
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 % 45 W 67.9 %
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 E3-1265L v3
Overall Score 53444 0 % 44655 16.4 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 28 % 34.9 %
Benchmark Score 8158 0 % 3976 51.3 %
Single Thread Score 1997.9 3 % 2059.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 3724.6 MB/s 0 % 1768.8 MB/s 52.5 %
Compressing Data 193 MB/s 0 % 89.5 MB/s 53.7 %
String objects sorting 27558.7 thousand/s 0 % 12629.7 thousand/s 54.2 %
Prime numbers generation 60.5 millions/s 0 % 29.8 millions/s 50.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47753.8 millions/s 0 % 21688.9 millions/s 54.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23712.8 millions/s 0 % 10887 millions/s 54.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E3-1265L v3.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E3-1265L v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.5 FPS 87.4 FPS
High settings 181.7 FPS 139.9 FPS
Medium settings 227.1 FPS 174.9 FPS
Low settings 283.8 FPS 218.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 23 %

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 E3-1265L v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.4 FPS 129.7 FPS
High settings 232.6 FPS 207.5 FPS
Medium settings 290.8 FPS 259.4 FPS
Low settings 363.5 FPS 324.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.8 %
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