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General information Core i7-6950X Xeon E5-2660
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Sandy Bridge-EP
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.2 GHz 26.7 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 25 %
Cores 10 0 % 8 20 %
Threads 20 0 % 16 20 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Xeon E5-2660
Overall Score 57931 0 % 47885 17.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 30 % 43.4 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 5258 53.3 %
Single Thread Score 2316.6 0 % 1409.2 39.2 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 2582 MB/s 48.9 %
Compressing Data 273.8 MB/s 0 % 139.8 MB/s 48.9 %
String objects sorting 35591.4 thousand/s 0 % 20907.1 thousand/s 41.3 %
Prime numbers generation 79.6 millions/s 0 % 41.1 millions/s 48.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63589.6 millions/s 0 % 33122 millions/s 47.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40925.6 millions/s 0 % 12113.5 millions/s 70.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Xeon E5-2660.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Xeon E5-2660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 96.9 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 155.1 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 193.8 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 242.3 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 E5-2660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 134.9 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 215.9 FPS
Medium settings 305.1 FPS 269.8 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 337.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.6 %
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