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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 53637 0 % 53438 0.4 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 37 % 14 %
Benchmark Score 8277 0 % 8155 1.5 %
Single Thread Score 1986 0 % 1770.9 10.8 %
Encrypting Data 3701.7 MB/s 5.4 % 3913.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 192.1 MB/s 12.3 % 218.9 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 27534.9 thousand/s 9.6 % 30450.8 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 58.5 millions/s 5.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47369.1 millions/s 4.4 % 49548.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23906.5 millions/s 3 % 24640.9 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 114.0 FPS 113.4 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 181.5 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 226.9 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 283.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %

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 145.0 FPS 144.7 FPS
High settings 232.0 FPS 231.5 FPS
Medium settings 290.1 FPS 289.4 FPS
Low settings 362.6 FPS 361.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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