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General information Core i7-6950X Xeon E5-2680
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 % 2.7 GHz 10 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 12.5 %
Cores 10 0 % 8 20 %
Threads 20 0 % 16 20 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 130 W 7.1 %
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 E5-2680
Overall Score 57932 0 % 49659 14.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 30 % 43.4 %
Benchmark Score 11264 0 % 6081 46 %
Single Thread Score 2333 0 % 1560.7 33.1 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 2990.9 MB/s 40.8 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 157.2 MB/s 42.5 %
String objects sorting 35733.9 thousand/s 0 % 24147 thousand/s 32.4 %
Prime numbers generation 78.9 millions/s 0 % 48 millions/s 39.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63908.2 millions/s 0 % 37205.1 millions/s 41.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41254.4 millions/s 0 % 13842.3 millions/s 66.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Xeon E5-2680.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Xeon E5-2680
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 102.2 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 163.5 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 204.3 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 255.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.4 %

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 E5-2680
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 138.0 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 220.9 FPS
Medium settings 305.2 FPS 276.1 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 345.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %
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