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Intel logo Xeon E5-2660 v4
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General information Xeon E5-2660 v4 Core i7-3970X
Launched Q4 2016 Q1 2012
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Broadwell-EP Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 2 GHz 42.9 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.2 GHz 20 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 14 0 % 6 57.1 %
Threads 28 0 % 12 57.1 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 30 % 150 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 35 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2660 v4 Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 56788 0 % 48362 14.8 %
Future Proof 56 % 0 % 28 % 50 %
Benchmark Score 10400 0 % 5470 47.4 %
Single Thread Score 1734.8 5.1 % 1827.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 5027 MB/s 0 % 2712.2 MB/s 46 %
Compressing Data 258.5 MB/s 0 % 144.2 MB/s 44.2 %
String objects sorting 34253.5 thousand/s 0 % 21423.6 thousand/s 37.5 %
Prime numbers generation 82.8 millions/s 0 % 39.8 millions/s 52 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 59027.8 millions/s 0 % 31984.5 millions/s 45.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 38398.1 millions/s 0 % 12800 millions/s 66.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2660 v4, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2660 v4 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.4 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 197.5 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 246.9 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 308.6 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.3 %

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 Xeon E5-2660 v4 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 150.6 FPS 135.8 FPS
High settings 241.0 FPS 217.3 FPS
Medium settings 301.3 FPS 271.6 FPS
Low settings 376.6 FPS 339.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.8 %
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