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Intel logo Xeon E5-2660 v3
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General information Xeon E5-2660 v3 Core i7-980X
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2010
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Gulftown
Clock 2.6 GHz 21.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.3 GHz 8.3 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 19.2 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2660 v3 Core i7-980X
Overall Score 54011 0 % 45837 15.1 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 17 % 60.5 %
Benchmark Score 8510 0 % 4414 48.1 %
Single Thread Score 1790.9 0 % 1531.5 14.5 %
Encrypting Data 3946 MB/s 0 % 2562.1 MB/s 35.1 %
Compressing Data 213.2 MB/s 0 % 113.6 MB/s 46.7 %
String objects sorting 29973.9 thousand/s 0 % 15562.8 thousand/s 48.1 %
Prime numbers generation 57 millions/s 0 % 33.2 millions/s 41.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 52515.5 millions/s 0 % 28312.8 millions/s 46.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 26523.4 millions/s 0 % 12023.8 millions/s 54.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2660 v3, Core i7-980X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2660 v3 Core i7-980X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.2 FPS 90.8 FPS
High settings 184.3 FPS 145.3 FPS
Medium settings 230.3 FPS 181.7 FPS
Low settings 287.9 FPS 227.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.1 %

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 i7-980X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.7 FPS 131.3 FPS
High settings 233.2 FPS 210.1 FPS
Medium settings 291.4 FPS 262.7 FPS
Low settings 364.3 FPS 328.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.9 %
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