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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660 v3
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Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 logo Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 logo
General information Xeon E5-1660 v3 Xeon E5-2640 v3
Launched Q4 2014 Q3 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 3 GHz 0 % 2.6 GHz 13.3 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 2.9 %
Cores 8 0 % 8 0 %
Threads 16 0 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 90 W 35.7 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-1660 v3 Xeon E5-2640 v3
Overall Score 53303 0 % 51801 2.8 %
Future Proof 44 % 0 % 43 % 2.3 %
Benchmark Score 8073 0 % 7200 10.8 %
Single Thread Score 1977 0 % 1876.6 5.1 %
Encrypting Data 3710.1 MB/s 0 % 3239.9 MB/s 12.7 %
Compressing Data 188.2 MB/s 0 % 174.4 MB/s 7.4 %
String objects sorting 27423.3 thousand/s 0 % 24615.8 thousand/s 10.2 %
Prime numbers generation 58.6 millions/s 0 % 48.8 millions/s 16.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 46141 millions/s 0 % 42383.5 millions/s 8.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23084 millions/s 0 % 21106.8 millions/s 8.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-1660 v3, Xeon E5-2640 v3.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-1660 v3 Xeon E5-2640 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.0 FPS 108.5 FPS
High settings 180.9 FPS 173.6 FPS
Medium settings 226.1 FPS 217.0 FPS
Low settings 282.6 FPS 271.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 4 %

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 E5-1660 v3 Xeon E5-2640 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.4 FPS 141.8 FPS
High settings 231.1 FPS 226.9 FPS
Medium settings 288.8 FPS 283.6 FPS
Low settings 361.1 FPS 354.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.8 %
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