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General information Xeon E5-2697 v4 Core i7-3970X
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2012
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Broadwell-EP Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 2.3 GHz 34.3 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 10 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 18 0 % 6 66.7 %
Threads 36 0 % 12 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 145 W 3.3 % 150 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 45 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2697 v4 Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 60686 0 % 48362 20.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 28 % 47.2 %
Benchmark Score 13563 0 % 5470 59.7 %
Single Thread Score 1996 0 % 1823.4 8.6 %
Encrypting Data 6387.8 MB/s 0 % 2706.8 MB/s 57.6 %
Compressing Data 359.5 MB/s 0 % 144.8 MB/s 59.7 %
String objects sorting 47021 thousand/s 0 % 21638 thousand/s 54 %
Prime numbers generation 96.2 millions/s 0 % 40 millions/s 58.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 85448.8 millions/s 0 % 31952.4 millions/s 62.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 55563.4 millions/s 0 % 12621.5 millions/s 77.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2697 v4, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2697 v4 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.0 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 216.0 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 270.0 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 337.5 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.1 %

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 E5-2697 v4 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.5 FPS 135.8 FPS
High settings 252.0 FPS 217.3 FPS
Medium settings 315.1 FPS 271.6 FPS
Low settings 393.8 FPS 339.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.8 %
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