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Intel logo Xeon E5-2697 v2
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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660 v3

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 logo Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 logo
General information Xeon E5-2697 v2 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Launched Q2 2013 Q4 2014
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Haswell-EP
Clock 2.7 GHz 10 % 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) 130 W 7.1 % 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 E5-2697 v2 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Overall Score 55134 0 % 53302 3.3 %
Future Proof 36 % 18.2 % 44 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9240 0 % 8072 12.6 %
Single Thread Score 1780.5 10.3 % 1984.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 4702 MB/s 0 % 3773.7 MB/s 19.7 %
Compressing Data 263.9 MB/s 0 % 186.9 MB/s 29.2 %
String objects sorting 33159.8 thousand/s 0 % 27232.1 thousand/s 17.9 %
Prime numbers generation 67.7 millions/s 0 % 59.5 millions/s 12.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 57203.2 millions/s 0 % 46417 millions/s 18.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28297.5 millions/s 0 % 23268.7 millions/s 17.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2697 v2, Xeon E5-1660 v3.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2697 v2 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 113.0 FPS
High settings 189.5 FPS 180.9 FPS
Medium settings 236.9 FPS 226.1 FPS
Low settings 296.1 FPS 282.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.6 %

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 E5-2697 v2 Xeon E5-1660 v3
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.8 FPS 144.6 FPS
High settings 236.6 FPS 231.3 FPS
Medium settings 295.7 FPS 289.1 FPS
Low settings 369.6 FPS 361.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.2 %
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