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Intel logo Xeon E5-2680 v3
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Intel logo Xeon E5-2660 v2

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 logo Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 logo
General information Xeon E5-2680 v3 Xeon E5-2660 v2
Launched Q4 2014 Q1 2014
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 2.5 GHz 0 % 2.2 GHz 12 %
Turbo Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
Cores 12 0 % 10 16.7 %
Threads 24 0 % 20 16.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 W 0 % 95 W 20.8 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 256 kB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2680 v3 Xeon E5-2660 v2
Overall Score 55818 0 % 50905 8.8 %
Future Proof 44 % 0 % 40 % 9.1 %
Benchmark Score 9707 0 % 6715 30.8 %
Single Thread Score 1802.4 0 % 1516 15.9 %
Encrypting Data 4619.2 MB/s 0 % 3263.8 MB/s 29.3 %
Compressing Data 251.7 MB/s 0 % 182.4 MB/s 27.5 %
String objects sorting 35487.5 thousand/s 0 % 24783.1 thousand/s 30.2 %
Prime numbers generation 69 millions/s 0 % 50.7 millions/s 26.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 62718 millions/s 0 % 41184.1 millions/s 34.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 31320.2 millions/s 0 % 20783.3 millions/s 33.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2680 v3, Xeon E5-2660 v2.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2680 v3 Xeon E5-2660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.0 FPS 106.4 FPS
High settings 193.7 FPS 170.3 FPS
Medium settings 242.1 FPS 212.9 FPS
Low settings 302.6 FPS 266.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.1 %

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 E5-2680 v3 Xeon E5-2660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.9 FPS 141.0 FPS
High settings 239.9 FPS 225.7 FPS
Medium settings 299.9 FPS 282.1 FPS
Low settings 374.9 FPS 352.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.9 %
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