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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660 v3
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Intel logo Xeon E3-1270 v5

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 logo Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 logo
General information Xeon E5-1660 v3 Xeon E3-1270 v5
Launched Q4 2014 Q4 2015
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Skylake-H
Clock 3 GHz 16.7 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 12.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 80 W 42.9 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-1660 v3 Xeon E3-1270 v5
Overall Score 53302 0 % 48183 9.6 %
Future Proof 44 % 12 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8072 0 % 5390 33.2 %
Single Thread Score 1959.2 15.5 % 2319.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 3751.2 MB/s 0 % 2897.7 MB/s 22.8 %
Compressing Data 189.7 MB/s 0 % 111.4 MB/s 41.3 %
String objects sorting 27150.1 thousand/s 0 % 14540.7 thousand/s 46.4 %
Prime numbers generation 58.5 millions/s 0 % 29.3 millions/s 50 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 45865 millions/s 0 % 26092.9 millions/s 43.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23268.7 millions/s 0 % 16393.2 millions/s 29.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-1660 v3, Xeon E3-1270 v5.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-1660 v3 Xeon E3-1270 v5
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.0 FPS 97.8 FPS
High settings 180.9 FPS 156.5 FPS
Medium settings 226.1 FPS 195.6 FPS
Low settings 282.6 FPS 244.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.5 %

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 E3-1270 v5
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.4 FPS 135.5 FPS
High settings 231.1 FPS 216.7 FPS
Medium settings 288.8 FPS 270.9 FPS
Low settings 361.1 FPS 338.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.2 %
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