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

Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 logo Intel Xeon E5-1660 logo
General information Xeon E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-1660
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2012
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Sandy Bridge-EP
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 Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-1660
Overall Score 54452 0 % 48281 11.3 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 31 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 8791 0 % 5434 38.2 %
Single Thread Score 1707.2 5.1 % 1799.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 4005.9 MB/s 0 % 2579.2 MB/s 35.6 %
Compressing Data 234 MB/s 0 % 139 MB/s 40.6 %
String objects sorting 31998 thousand/s 0 % 20905.6 thousand/s 34.7 %
Prime numbers generation 55.5 millions/s 0 % 42.2 millions/s 23.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 57220.1 millions/s 0 % 32541.6 millions/s 43.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28468.2 millions/s 0 % 12075.1 millions/s 57.6 %

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.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-1660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.4 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 186.3 FPS 157.0 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 Xeon E5-1660
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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