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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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General information Core i9-7960X Xeon E5-2680 v2
Launched Q4 2017 Q3 2013
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 14.3 %
Cores 16 0 % 10 37.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 20 37.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 115 W 30.3 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Xeon E5-2680 v2
Overall Score 65663 0 % 53437 18.6 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 37 % 40.3 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 8154 56.1 %
Single Thread Score 2504 0 % 1774.5 29.1 %
Encrypting Data 11246 MB/s 0 % 3932.7 MB/s 65 %
Compressing Data 465.6 MB/s 0 % 217 MB/s 53.4 %
String objects sorting 59225.2 thousand/s 0 % 30116.5 thousand/s 49.1 %
Prime numbers generation 103.1 millions/s 0 % 58.7 millions/s 43 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107478 millions/s 0 % 49105.6 millions/s 54.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67168.1 millions/s 0 % 24640.9 millions/s 63.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Xeon E5-2680 v2.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Xeon E5-2680 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 113.4 FPS
High settings 239.7 FPS 181.5 FPS
Medium settings 299.6 FPS 226.9 FPS
Low settings 374.5 FPS 283.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.3 %

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 Core i9-7960X Xeon E5-2680 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.3 FPS 144.7 FPS
High settings 266.1 FPS 231.6 FPS
Medium settings 332.6 FPS 289.5 FPS
Low settings 415.7 FPS 361.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 13 %
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