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Intel logo Xeon E5-2670 v3
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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660 v2

Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 logo Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 logo
General information Xeon E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v2
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2013
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 2.3 GHz 37.8 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.1 GHz 22.5 % 4 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 0 % 22 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 v2
Overall Score 54452 0 % 50772 6.8 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 39 % 9.3 %
Benchmark Score 8791 0 % 6645 24.4 %
Single Thread Score 1707.2 18.4 % 2091.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 4005.9 MB/s 0 % 3102.3 MB/s 22.6 %
Compressing Data 234 MB/s 0 % 164.8 MB/s 29.6 %
String objects sorting 31998 thousand/s 0 % 23295.9 thousand/s 27.2 %
Prime numbers generation 55.5 millions/s 0 % 49.2 millions/s 11.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 57220.1 millions/s 0 % 36914.7 millions/s 35.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28468.2 millions/s 0 % 18847.4 millions/s 33.8 %

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 v2.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.4 FPS 105.5 FPS
High settings 186.3 FPS 168.8 FPS
Medium settings 232.8 FPS 211.0 FPS
Low settings 291.0 FPS 263.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.4 %

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 Xeon E5-1660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.4 FPS 140.0 FPS
High settings 234.3 FPS 224.0 FPS
Medium settings 292.9 FPS 280.0 FPS
Low settings 366.1 FPS 350.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.4 %
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