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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2667 v2
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2014
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 3 GHz 9.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 12.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 8 0 %
Threads 16 0 % 16 0 %
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
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2667 v2
Overall Score 53679 0 % 53206 0.9 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 40 % 7 %
Benchmark Score 8302 0 % 8014 3.5 %
Single Thread Score 1969.1 1.6 % 2000.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 3699.7 MB/s 2.3 % 3787.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 193 MB/s 4.1 % 201.3 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 27865.6 thousand/s 0.5 % 28000.9 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 62.4 millions/s 4.7 % 65.5 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47622.7 millions/s 0 % 45218.4 millions/s 5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23525.3 millions/s 0 % 22934.8 millions/s 2.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E5-2667 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2667 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.6 FPS 112.3 FPS
High settings 181.8 FPS 179.7 FPS
Medium settings 227.3 FPS 224.6 FPS
Low settings 284.1 FPS 280.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %

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 E5-2667 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 144.1 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 230.5 FPS
Medium settings 289.8 FPS 288.1 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 360.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.6 %
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