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General information Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2609 v4
Launched Q1 2013 Q3 2016
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Broadwell-EP
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 1.7 GHz 52.8 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 85 W 34.6 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2609 v4
Overall Score 50541 0 % 43312 14.3 %
Future Proof 34 % 38.2 % 55 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 3519 46.1 %
Single Thread Score 2092.4 0 % 1009.8 51.7 %
Encrypting Data 2980 MB/s 0 % 1329.7 MB/s 55.4 %
Compressing Data 162.7 MB/s 0 % 75.1 MB/s 53.9 %
String objects sorting 22852.9 thousand/s 0 % 10319.7 thousand/s 54.8 %
Prime numbers generation 48.2 millions/s 2.6 % 49.6 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 36731.8 millions/s 0 % 15131.5 millions/s 58.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18644.3 millions/s 0 % 13593.4 millions/s 27.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Xeon E5-2609 v4.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2609 v4
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 83.3 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 133.3 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 166.6 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 208.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.5 %

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 i7-4960X Xeon E5-2609 v4
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.7 FPS 126.9 FPS
High settings 223.5 FPS 203.1 FPS
Medium settings 279.3 FPS 253.9 FPS
Low settings 349.2 FPS 317.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.1 %
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