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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660 v2
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General information Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i5-6500
Launched Q4 2013 Q3 2015
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Skylake-S
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 13.5 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 10 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i5-6500
Overall Score 50772 0 % 43679 14 %
Future Proof 39 % 20.4 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6645 0 % 3640 45.2 %
Single Thread Score 2106.2 0 % 2095.2 0.5 %
Encrypting Data 3080.6 MB/s 0 % 1679 MB/s 45.5 %
Compressing Data 167.3 MB/s 0 % 75.5 MB/s 54.9 %
String objects sorting 23156.8 thousand/s 0 % 9368.4 thousand/s 59.5 %
Prime numbers generation 48.7 millions/s 0 % 28 millions/s 42.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 36914.7 millions/s 0 % 14740.1 millions/s 60.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18716.3 millions/s 0 % 12329.5 millions/s 34.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-1660 v2, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.5 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 168.8 FPS 135.1 FPS
Medium settings 211.0 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 263.8 FPS 211.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 20 %

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 E5-1660 v2 Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.0 FPS 127.6 FPS
High settings 224.0 FPS 204.1 FPS
Medium settings 280.0 FPS 255.1 FPS
Low settings 350.0 FPS 318.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.9 %
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