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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2680 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 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 20 % 10 0 %
Threads 16 20 % 20 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 115 W 17.9 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2680 v2
Overall Score 53679 0 % 53562 0.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 37 % 14 %
Benchmark Score 8302 0 % 8231 0.9 %
Single Thread Score 1969.1 0 % 1803.1 8.4 %
Encrypting Data 3699.7 MB/s 5.6 % 3918.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 193 MB/s 10.8 % 216.3 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 27865.6 thousand/s 8.2 % 30360.6 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 62.4 millions/s 0 % 57.5 millions/s 7.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47622.7 millions/s 2.3 % 48760.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23525.3 millions/s 5.6 % 24910.7 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E5-2680 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2680 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.6 FPS 113.3 FPS
High settings 181.8 FPS 181.3 FPS
Medium settings 227.3 FPS 226.6 FPS
Low settings 284.1 FPS 283.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %

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 E5-2680 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 144.7 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 231.5 FPS
Medium settings 289.8 FPS 289.3 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 361.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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