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Intel logo Xeon E5-2690 v2
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Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 logo Intel Core i7-5960X logo
General information Xeon E5-2690 v2 Core i7-5960X
Launched Q3 2013 Q3 2014
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Haswell-E
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 2.8 %
Cores 10 0 % 8 20 %
Threads 20 0 % 16 20 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 7.1 % 140 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2690 v2 Core i7-5960X
Overall Score 54327 0 % 53636 1.3 %
Future Proof 37 % 14 % 43 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8711 0 % 8276 5 %
Single Thread Score 1879.2 4.6 % 1970.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 4211.5 MB/s 0 % 3705.4 MB/s 12 %
Compressing Data 239.6 MB/s 0 % 192.8 MB/s 19.5 %
String objects sorting 31362.7 thousand/s 0 % 27562.7 thousand/s 12.1 %
Prime numbers generation 61.6 millions/s 0.8 % 62.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 52295.2 millions/s 0 % 47798 millions/s 8.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 26343.2 millions/s 0 % 23620.5 millions/s 10.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2690 v2, Core i7-5960X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2690 v2 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.0 FPS 114.0 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 182.5 FPS
Medium settings 232.1 FPS 228.1 FPS
Low settings 290.1 FPS 285.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.7 %

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 Xeon E5-2690 v2 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.3 FPS 145.1 FPS
High settings 234.1 FPS 232.1 FPS
Medium settings 292.7 FPS 290.1 FPS
Low settings 365.8 FPS 362.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.9 %
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