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General information Core i7-6950X Xeon E5-2697 v2
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2013
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 10 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 12.5 %
Cores 10 16.7 % 12 0 %
Threads 20 16.7 % 24 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 130 W 7.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
12 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 30 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Xeon E5-2697 v2
Overall Score 57931 0 % 55134 4.8 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 36 % 32.1 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 9240 18 %
Single Thread Score 2316.6 0 % 1794.8 22.5 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 4646 MB/s 8.1 %
Compressing Data 273.8 MB/s 0 % 260.2 MB/s 5 %
String objects sorting 35591.4 thousand/s 0 % 33660.2 thousand/s 5.4 %
Prime numbers generation 79.6 millions/s 0 % 67.7 millions/s 14.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63589.6 millions/s 0 % 57089.4 millions/s 10.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40925.6 millions/s 0 % 28411.5 millions/s 30.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Xeon E5-2697 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Xeon E5-2697 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 118.5 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 189.5 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 236.9 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 296.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.6 %

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 E5-2697 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 147.6 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 236.2 FPS
Medium settings 305.1 FPS 295.3 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 369.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.2 %
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