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General information Xeon E5-2670 v3 Core i7-990X
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2011
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Gulftown
Clock 2.3 GHz 34.3 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.1 GHz 16.2 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 W 7.7 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2670 v3 Core i7-990X
Overall Score 54452 0 % 46297 15 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 23 % 46.5 %
Benchmark Score 8791 0 % 4594 47.7 %
Single Thread Score 1680.2 0 % 1575.8 6.2 %
Encrypting Data 4009.9 MB/s 0 % 2647.3 MB/s 34 %
Compressing Data 232.1 MB/s 0 % 120.2 MB/s 48.2 %
String objects sorting 31966 thousand/s 0 % 16053.2 thousand/s 49.8 %
Prime numbers generation 56.4 millions/s 0 % 32.8 millions/s 41.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 56706.7 millions/s 0 % 29384.2 millions/s 48.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28783.2 millions/s 0 % 12630.2 millions/s 56.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2670 v3, Core i7-990X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2670 v3 Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.5 FPS 92.2 FPS
High settings 186.4 FPS 147.5 FPS
Medium settings 233.0 FPS 184.4 FPS
Low settings 291.2 FPS 230.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.8 %

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 i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.5 FPS 132.2 FPS
High settings 234.4 FPS 211.5 FPS
Medium settings 293.0 FPS 264.3 FPS
Low settings 366.3 FPS 330.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.8 %
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