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Intel logo Xeon E5-2697 v3
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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 logo Intel Xeon E5-1660 logo
General information Xeon E5-2697 v3 Xeon E5-1660
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2012
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Sandy Bridge-EP
Clock 2.6 GHz 21.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 7.7 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 14 0 % 6 57.1 %
Threads 28 0 % 12 57.1 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 145 W 0 % 130 W 10.3 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 35 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2697 v3 Xeon E5-1660
Overall Score 58988 0 % 48281 18.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 31 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 12107 0 % 5434 55.1 %
Single Thread Score 1971.1 0 % 1821.2 7.6 %
Encrypting Data 5838.3 MB/s 0 % 2579.2 MB/s 55.8 %
Compressing Data 315.6 MB/s 0 % 139.1 MB/s 55.9 %
String objects sorting 44111.8 thousand/s 0 % 20989.8 thousand/s 52.4 %
Prime numbers generation 82.5 millions/s 0 % 42.3 millions/s 48.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 78068.7 millions/s 0 % 33033.6 millions/s 57.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 39554.9 millions/s 0 % 12050.8 millions/s 69.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2697 v3, Xeon E5-1660.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2697 v3 Xeon E5-1660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.0 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 207.9 FPS 157.0 FPS
Medium settings 259.9 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 324.9 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.5 %

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 Xeon E5-2697 v3 Xeon E5-1660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 154.5 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 247.1 FPS 217.1 FPS
Medium settings 308.9 FPS 271.3 FPS
Low settings 386.2 FPS 339.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.2 %
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