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General information Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1240 v5
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Skylake-H
Clock 3 GHz 14.3 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 80 W 42.9 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1240 v5
Overall Score 57932 0 % 48064 17 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 50 % 5.7 %
Benchmark Score 11264 0 % 5337 52.6 %
Single Thread Score 2333 0 % 2301.9 1.3 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 2835.6 MB/s 43.9 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 112.1 MB/s 59 %
String objects sorting 35733.9 thousand/s 0 % 14571.2 thousand/s 59.2 %
Prime numbers generation 78.9 millions/s 0 % 27.9 millions/s 64.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63908.2 millions/s 0 % 26275.4 millions/s 58.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41254.4 millions/s 0 % 16291.5 millions/s 60.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Xeon E3-1240 v5.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1240 v5
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 97.4 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 155.9 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 194.9 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 243.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.1 %

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 Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1240 v5
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 135.2 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 216.4 FPS
Medium settings 305.2 FPS 270.5 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 338.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.4 %
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