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Intel logo Xeon E5-1680 v3
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General information Xeon E5-1680 v3 Core i7-5960X
Launched Q1 2015 Q3 2014
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Haswell-E
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 7.9 %
Cores 8 0 % 8 0 %
Threads 16 0 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 140 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-1680 v3 Core i7-5960X
Overall Score 54111 0 % 53679 0.8 %
Future Proof 46 % 0 % 43 % 6.5 %
Benchmark Score 8573 0 % 8302 3.2 %
Single Thread Score 2083.3 0 % 1969.1 5.5 %
Encrypting Data 3851.8 MB/s 0 % 3699.7 MB/s 3.9 %
Compressing Data 197.5 MB/s 0 % 193 MB/s 2.3 %
String objects sorting 28579.4 thousand/s 0 % 27865.6 thousand/s 2.5 %
Prime numbers generation 60.8 millions/s 2.5 % 62.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 49172.9 millions/s 0 % 47622.7 millions/s 3.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24766.6 millions/s 0 % 23525.3 millions/s 5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-1680 v3, Core i7-5960X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-1680 v3 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.9 FPS 113.6 FPS
High settings 183.9 FPS 181.8 FPS
Medium settings 229.9 FPS 227.3 FPS
Low settings 287.3 FPS 284.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.1 %

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 E5-1680 v3 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.6 FPS 144.9 FPS
High settings 233.0 FPS 231.8 FPS
Medium settings 291.3 FPS 289.8 FPS
Low settings 364.1 FPS 362.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %
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