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General information Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1240 v6
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 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 18.9 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 2.4 % 4.1 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 E3-1240 v6
Overall Score 57932 0 % 48657 16 %
Future Proof 53 % 11.7 % 60 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11264 0 % 5605 50.2 %
Single Thread Score 2333 1.4 % 2365.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 3038.9 MB/s 39.9 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 117.6 MB/s 57 %
String objects sorting 35733.9 thousand/s 0 % 15327.9 thousand/s 57.1 %
Prime numbers generation 78.9 millions/s 0 % 29.9 millions/s 62.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63908.2 millions/s 0 % 27125.1 millions/s 57.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41254.4 millions/s 0 % 17108.1 millions/s 58.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Xeon E3-1240 v6.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Xeon E3-1240 v6
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 99.2 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 158.8 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 198.5 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 248.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.7 %

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 v6
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 136.3 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 218.1 FPS
Medium settings 305.2 FPS 272.6 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 340.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.7 %
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