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Intel logo Xeon E5-2660 v3
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General information Xeon E5-2660 v3 Core i5-2500
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2010
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Sandy Bridge
Clock 2.6 GHz 21.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.3 GHz 10.8 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 0 % 95 W 9.5 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-2660 v3 Core i5-2500
Overall Score 54011 0 % 40411 25.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 21 % 51.2 %
Benchmark Score 8510 0 % 2667 68.7 %
Single Thread Score 1810.8 0 % 1698.5 6.2 %
Encrypting Data 3973.6 MB/s 0 % 1034.7 MB/s 74 %
Compressing Data 212.4 MB/s 0 % 65.9 MB/s 69 %
String objects sorting 30003.9 thousand/s 0 % 9121.4 thousand/s 69.6 %
Prime numbers generation 57.2 millions/s 0 % 23.9 millions/s 58.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 52253.1 millions/s 0 % 14655.3 millions/s 72 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 26181 millions/s 0 % 7487.3 millions/s 71.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2660 v3, Core i5-2500.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2660 v3 Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.1 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 184.1 FPS 119.6 FPS
Medium settings 230.2 FPS 149.5 FPS
Low settings 287.7 FPS 186.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 35 %

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 E5-2660 v3 Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.8 FPS 121.8 FPS
High settings 233.3 FPS 194.8 FPS
Medium settings 291.6 FPS 243.5 FPS
Low settings 364.5 FPS 304.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.5 %
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