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Intel logo Xeon E5-2670 v3
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General information Xeon E5-2670 v3 Core i7-5960X
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2014
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Haswell-E
Clock 2.3 GHz 23.3 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.1 GHz 11.4 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Threads 24 0 % 16 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 W 14.3 % 140 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2670 v3 Core i7-5960X
Overall Score 54607 0 % 53679 1.7 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 43 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8892 0 % 8302 6.6 %
Single Thread Score 1694 14 % 1969.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 3976 MB/s 0 % 3699.7 MB/s 6.9 %
Compressing Data 234.6 MB/s 0 % 193 MB/s 17.7 %
String objects sorting 32038 thousand/s 0 % 27865.6 thousand/s 13 %
Prime numbers generation 55.5 millions/s 11 % 62.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 56718.6 millions/s 0 % 47622.7 millions/s 16 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28388.2 millions/s 0 % 23525.3 millions/s 17.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2670 v3, Core i7-5960X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2670 v3 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.4 FPS 113.6 FPS
High settings 186.3 FPS 181.8 FPS
Medium settings 232.9 FPS 227.3 FPS
Low settings 291.1 FPS 284.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.4 %

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 E5-2670 v3 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.5 FPS 144.9 FPS
High settings 234.4 FPS 231.8 FPS
Medium settings 293.1 FPS 289.8 FPS
Low settings 366.3 FPS 362.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.1 %
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