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General information Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2603 v2
Launched Q1 2013 Q4 2014
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 1.8 GHz 50 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 80 W 38.5 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 10 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2603 v2
Overall Score 50542 0 % 36467 27.8 %
Future Proof 34 % 22.7 % 44 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 1768 72.9 %
Single Thread Score 2086.2 0 % 997 52.2 %
Encrypting Data 2995 MB/s 25.5 % 4021.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 162.6 MB/s 0 % 39.7 MB/s 75.6 %
String objects sorting 23060 thousand/s 0 % 5096.7 thousand/s 77.9 %
Prime numbers generation 47.9 millions/s 0 % 25.8 millions/s 46.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37102.1 millions/s 0 % 8291 millions/s 77.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18570 millions/s 0 % 5826.6 millions/s 68.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Xeon E5-2603 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2603 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 63.1 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 100.9 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 126.1 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 157.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.8 %

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 Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2603 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.6 FPS 114.9 FPS
High settings 223.4 FPS 183.8 FPS
Medium settings 279.2 FPS 229.7 FPS
Low settings 349.0 FPS 287.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.7 %
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