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General information Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1230 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 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 % 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 E3-1230 v6
Overall Score 57931 0 % 47857 17.4 %
Future Proof 53 % 10.2 % 59 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 5245 53.4 %
Single Thread Score 2316.6 0 % 2176.8 6 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 2802.6 MB/s 44.6 %
Compressing Data 273.8 MB/s 0 % 110.4 MB/s 59.7 %
String objects sorting 35591.4 thousand/s 0 % 14412.6 thousand/s 59.5 %
Prime numbers generation 79.6 millions/s 0 % 29 millions/s 63.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63589.6 millions/s 0 % 25589.2 millions/s 59.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40925.6 millions/s 0 % 16189.5 millions/s 60.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Xeon E3-1230 v6.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1230 v6
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 96.8 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 154.9 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 193.6 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 242.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.6 %

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 E3-1230 v6
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 134.9 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 215.8 FPS
Medium settings 305.1 FPS 269.7 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 337.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.6 %
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