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Intel logo Xeon E5-2670 v3
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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660 v3

Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 logo Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 logo
General information Xeon E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2014
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Haswell-EP
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 Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Overall Score 54248 0 % 53095 2.1 %
Future Proof 43 % 2.3 % 44 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8660 0 % 7947 8.2 %
Single Thread Score 1681.9 14.4 % 1965.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 3986 MB/s 0 % 3713.8 MB/s 6.8 %
Compressing Data 231.6 MB/s 0 % 189.5 MB/s 18.1 %
String objects sorting 32127.8 thousand/s 0 % 27150.1 thousand/s 15.5 %
Prime numbers generation 55.8 millions/s 5.7 % 59.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 56450.8 millions/s 0 % 46187 millions/s 18.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28368.4 millions/s 0 % 22876.2 millions/s 19.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2670 v3, Xeon E5-1660 v3.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.4 FPS 112.9 FPS
High settings 186.2 FPS 180.7 FPS
Medium settings 232.8 FPS 225.9 FPS
Low settings 291.0 FPS 282.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 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 E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.2 FPS 145.1 FPS
High settings 235.5 FPS 232.1 FPS
Medium settings 294.4 FPS 290.2 FPS
Low settings 368.0 FPS 362.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %
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