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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660 v3
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General information Xeon E5-1660 v3 Core i7-990X
Launched Q4 2014 Q1 2011
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 3 GHz 14.3 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 5.4 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 130 W 7.1 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-1660 v3 Core i7-990X
Overall Score 53302 0 % 46297 13.1 %
Future Proof 44 % 0 % 23 % 47.7 %
Benchmark Score 8072 0 % 4594 43.1 %
Single Thread Score 1965.1 0 % 1568 20.2 %
Encrypting Data 3747.5 MB/s 0 % 2647.3 MB/s 29.4 %
Compressing Data 187.8 MB/s 0 % 119.2 MB/s 36.6 %
String objects sorting 27505.2 thousand/s 0 % 16069.4 thousand/s 41.6 %
Prime numbers generation 59 millions/s 0 % 33 millions/s 44.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 46003 millions/s 0 % 29413.9 millions/s 36.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23199.4 millions/s 0 % 12605.2 millions/s 45.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-1660 v3, Core i7-990X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-1660 v3 Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.0 FPS 92.2 FPS
High settings 180.9 FPS 147.5 FPS
Medium settings 226.1 FPS 184.4 FPS
Low settings 282.6 FPS 230.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.4 %

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 Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.5 FPS 132.2 FPS
High settings 231.2 FPS 211.5 FPS
Medium settings 289.0 FPS 264.3 FPS
Low settings 361.2 FPS 330.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.5 %
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