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Intel logo Xeon E5-2670 v3
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General information Xeon E5-2670 v3 Core i7-3960X
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2011
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 Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 2.3 GHz 30.3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.1 GHz 20.5 % 3.9 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 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2670 v3 Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 54452 0 % 48276 11.3 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 27 % 37.2 %
Benchmark Score 8791 0 % 5431 38.2 %
Single Thread Score 1707.2 5.8 % 1813.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 4005.9 MB/s 0 % 2539.9 MB/s 36.6 %
Compressing Data 234 MB/s 0 % 138.5 MB/s 40.8 %
String objects sorting 31998 thousand/s 0 % 20963 thousand/s 34.5 %
Prime numbers generation 55.5 millions/s 0 % 42.1 millions/s 24.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 57220.1 millions/s 0 % 33056.9 millions/s 42.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28468.2 millions/s 0 % 12347.6 millions/s 56.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2670 v3, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2670 v3 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.4 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 186.3 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 232.8 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 291.0 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.7 %

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 Xeon E5-2670 v3 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.4 FPS 135.6 FPS
High settings 234.3 FPS 217.0 FPS
Medium settings 292.9 FPS 271.2 FPS
Low settings 366.1 FPS 339.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.4 %
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