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Intel logo Xeon E5-2697 v3
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General information Xeon E5-2697 v3 Core i7-4960X
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2013
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Ivy Bridge-E
Clock 2.6 GHz 27.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 10 % 4 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 0 % 22 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 No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2697 v3 Core i7-4960X
Overall Score 58988 0 % 50541 14.3 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 34 % 20.9 %
Benchmark Score 12107 0 % 6525 46.1 %
Single Thread Score 1975.1 5.1 % 2082 0 %
Encrypting Data 5797.4 MB/s 0 % 2992 MB/s 48.4 %
Compressing Data 319.8 MB/s 0 % 164.5 MB/s 48.5 %
String objects sorting 44420.9 thousand/s 0 % 22852.9 thousand/s 48.6 %
Prime numbers generation 83.2 millions/s 0 % 48.1 millions/s 42.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 78304.5 millions/s 0 % 36731.8 millions/s 53.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 38848.6 millions/s 0 % 18662.8 millions/s 52 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2697 v3, Core i7-4960X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2697 v3 Core i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.9 FPS 104.8 FPS
High settings 207.8 FPS 167.7 FPS
Medium settings 259.8 FPS 209.6 FPS
Low settings 324.7 FPS 262.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.3 %

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 Xeon E5-2697 v3 Core i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 154.5 FPS 139.6 FPS
High settings 247.1 FPS 223.4 FPS
Medium settings 308.9 FPS 279.2 FPS
Low settings 386.1 FPS 349.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.6 %
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