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Intel logo Xeon E5-2660 v3
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Intel logo Xeon E3-1280

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 logo Intel Xeon E3-1280 logo
General information Xeon E5-2660 v3 Xeon E3-1280
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2011
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Sandy Bridge
Clock 2.6 GHz 25.7 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.3 GHz 15.4 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
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
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2660 v3 Xeon E3-1280
Overall Score 54011 0 % 43650 19.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 24 % 44.2 %
Benchmark Score 8510 0 % 3630 57.3 %
Single Thread Score 1803.6 0 % 1802.2 0.1 %
Encrypting Data 3930.2 MB/s 0 % 1710.6 MB/s 56.5 %
Compressing Data 213.2 MB/s 0 % 93.5 MB/s 56.2 %
String objects sorting 29854.2 thousand/s 0 % 14036.7 thousand/s 53 %
Prime numbers generation 57.3 millions/s 0 % 25.2 millions/s 56 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 52672.8 millions/s 0 % 21867.4 millions/s 58.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 26260 millions/s 0 % 8067.9 millions/s 69.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2660 v3, Xeon E3-1280.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2660 v3 Xeon E3-1280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.1 FPS 84.3 FPS
High settings 184.1 FPS 134.9 FPS
Medium settings 230.2 FPS 168.7 FPS
Low settings 287.7 FPS 210.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.7 %

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 E5-2660 v3 Xeon E3-1280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.7 FPS 127.4 FPS
High settings 233.1 FPS 203.9 FPS
Medium settings 291.4 FPS 254.8 FPS
Low settings 364.3 FPS 318.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.6 %
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