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General information Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1270 v6
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2017
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 Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3 GHz 21.1 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 4.8 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 72 W 48.6 %
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 E3-1270 v6
Overall Score 57932 0 % 49055 15.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 10.2 % 59 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11264 0 % 5791 48.6 %
Single Thread Score 2333 5 % 2456.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 3152.6 MB/s 37.6 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 120.7 MB/s 55.9 %
String objects sorting 35733.9 thousand/s 0 % 15801.5 thousand/s 55.8 %
Prime numbers generation 78.9 millions/s 0 % 30.9 millions/s 60.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63908.2 millions/s 0 % 28186 millions/s 55.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41254.4 millions/s 0 % 17409.1 millions/s 57.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Xeon E3-1270 v6.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1270 v6
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 100.4 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 160.7 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 200.8 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 251.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.8 %

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 i7-6950X Xeon E3-1270 v6
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 137.0 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 219.2 FPS
Medium settings 305.2 FPS 274.0 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 342.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.2 %
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