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Intel logo Xeon E5-2698 v3
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General information Xeon E5-2698 v3 Core i7-3960X
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2011
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 2.3 GHz 30.3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 7.7 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 12 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 W 0 % 130 W 3.7 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 40 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2698 v3 Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 59171 0 % 48276 18.4 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 27 % 37.2 %
Benchmark Score 12258 0 % 5431 55.7 %
Single Thread Score 1930.9 0 % 1791.6 7.2 %
Encrypting Data 6043 MB/s 0 % 2580.9 MB/s 57.3 %
Compressing Data 328.3 MB/s 0 % 138.2 MB/s 57.9 %
String objects sorting 44607.3 thousand/s 0 % 21089 thousand/s 52.7 %
Prime numbers generation 87.4 millions/s 0 % 42.3 millions/s 51.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 80289.6 millions/s 0 % 32958 millions/s 59 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40212.3 millions/s 0 % 12163.5 millions/s 69.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2698 v3, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2698 v3 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.5 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 208.8 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 261.0 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 326.3 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.8 %

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 E5-2698 v3 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 154.8 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 247.7 FPS 217.0 FPS
Medium settings 309.6 FPS 271.3 FPS
Low settings 387.0 FPS 339.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.4 %
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