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Intel logo Xeon E5-2660 v2
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Intel logo Xeon E3-1280 v6

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 logo Intel Xeon E3-1280 v6 logo
General information Xeon E5-2660 v2 Xeon E3-1280 v6
Launched Q1 2014 Q1 2017
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Kaby Lake-S
Clock 2.2 GHz 43.6 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3 GHz 28.6 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 72 W 24.2 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2660 v2 Xeon E3-1280 v6
Overall Score 51107 0 % 49156 3.8 %
Future Proof 40 % 29.8 % 57 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6822 0 % 5839 14.4 %
Single Thread Score 1532.7 38.9 % 2509 0 %
Encrypting Data 3244.2 MB/s 0 % 3171.6 MB/s 2.2 %
Compressing Data 183.9 MB/s 0 % 121.3 MB/s 34 %
String objects sorting 25008 thousand/s 0 % 15495 thousand/s 38 %
Prime numbers generation 51.3 millions/s 0 % 31 millions/s 39.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 41307.6 millions/s 0 % 27735.5 millions/s 32.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 20658.4 millions/s 0 % 17696.4 millions/s 14.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2660 v2, Xeon E3-1280 v6.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2660 v2 Xeon E3-1280 v6
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.4 FPS 100.7 FPS
High settings 170.3 FPS 161.0 FPS
Medium settings 212.9 FPS 201.3 FPS
Low settings 266.1 FPS 251.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.4 %

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 Xeon E5-2660 v2 Xeon E3-1280 v6
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.4 FPS 137.0 FPS
High settings 224.7 FPS 219.2 FPS
Medium settings 280.9 FPS 274.0 FPS
Low settings 351.1 FPS 342.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.5 %
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