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Intel logo Xeon E5-2670 v3
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Intel logo Xeon E5-2660 v2

Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 logo Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 logo
General information Xeon E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-2660 v2
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2014
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 0 % 2.2 GHz 4.3 %
Turbo Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 3.2 %
Cores 12 0 % 10 16.7 %
Threads 24 0 % 20 16.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 W 0 % 95 W 20.8 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 256 kB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-2660 v2
Overall Score 54452 0 % 51078 6.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 40 % 7 %
Benchmark Score 8791 0 % 6807 22.6 %
Single Thread Score 1707.2 0 % 1527.6 10.5 %
Encrypting Data 4005.9 MB/s 0 % 3255.5 MB/s 18.7 %
Compressing Data 234 MB/s 0 % 183.4 MB/s 21.6 %
String objects sorting 31998 thousand/s 0 % 24972.8 thousand/s 22 %
Prime numbers generation 55.5 millions/s 0 % 50.9 millions/s 8.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 57220.1 millions/s 0 % 41327.3 millions/s 27.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28468.2 millions/s 0 % 20903.7 millions/s 26.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2670 v3, Xeon E5-2660 v2.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2670 v3 Xeon E5-2660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.4 FPS 106.4 FPS
High settings 186.3 FPS 170.3 FPS
Medium settings 232.8 FPS 212.9 FPS
Low settings 291.0 FPS 266.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.6 %

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 E5-2660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.4 FPS 140.5 FPS
High settings 234.3 FPS 224.9 FPS
Medium settings 292.9 FPS 281.1 FPS
Low settings 366.1 FPS 351.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 4 %
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