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Intel logo Xeon E5-2690 v3
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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660 v3

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 logo Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 logo
General information Xeon E5-2690 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2014
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Haswell-EP
Clock 2.6 GHz 13.3 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Threads 24 0 % 16 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 W 3.6 % 140 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2690 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Overall Score 57180 0 % 53303 6.8 %
Future Proof 43 % 2.3 % 44 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 10690 0 % 8073 24.5 %
Single Thread Score 1919.4 3 % 1978.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 5085.3 MB/s 0 % 3706.3 MB/s 27.1 %
Compressing Data 271.9 MB/s 0 % 188.2 MB/s 30.8 %
String objects sorting 38668.1 thousand/s 0 % 27559.8 thousand/s 28.7 %
Prime numbers generation 75.3 millions/s 0 % 58.9 millions/s 21.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 66662.1 millions/s 0 % 45589 millions/s 31.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33532.4 millions/s 0 % 22876.2 millions/s 31.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2690 v3, Xeon E5-1660 v3.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2690 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 124.5 FPS 113.0 FPS
High settings 199.2 FPS 180.9 FPS
Medium settings 249.1 FPS 226.1 FPS
Low settings 311.3 FPS 282.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.2 %

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 E5-2690 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 151.6 FPS 144.7 FPS
High settings 242.6 FPS 231.6 FPS
Medium settings 303.2 FPS 289.4 FPS
Low settings 379.0 FPS 361.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.5 %
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