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General information Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1271 v3
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Haswell Refresh
Clock 3 GHz 16.7 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 80 W 42.9 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1271 v3
Overall Score 57930 0 % 46971 18.9 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 43 % 18.9 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 4868 56.8 %
Single Thread Score 2322.3 0 % 2277.3 1.9 %
Encrypting Data 5009.8 MB/s 0 % 2125.3 MB/s 57.6 %
Compressing Data 271.5 MB/s 0 % 109.5 MB/s 59.7 %
String objects sorting 35477.5 thousand/s 0 % 15365.2 thousand/s 56.7 %
Prime numbers generation 78.7 millions/s 0 % 33.9 millions/s 57 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 64087.2 millions/s 0 % 26777.7 millions/s 58.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41375.6 millions/s 0 % 13416.4 millions/s 67.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Xeon E3-1271 v3.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1271 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 94.2 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 150.7 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 188.3 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 235.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.7 %

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 i7-6950X Xeon E3-1271 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 133.2 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 213.1 FPS
Medium settings 305.1 FPS 266.4 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 333.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.7 %
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