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General information Core i9-7960X Xeon E5-1660 v2
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2013
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 2.8 GHz 24.3 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 4.8 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 12 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 130 W 21.2 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Xeon E5-1660 v2
Overall Score 65663 0 % 50772 22.7 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 39 % 37.1 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 6645 64.3 %
Single Thread Score 2481.5 0 % 2104.1 15.2 %
Encrypting Data 11212.4 MB/s 0 % 3093 MB/s 72.4 %
Compressing Data 464.7 MB/s 0 % 167.7 MB/s 63.9 %
String objects sorting 58811.5 thousand/s 0 % 23110.5 thousand/s 60.7 %
Prime numbers generation 104.1 millions/s 0 % 49 millions/s 52.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107478 millions/s 0 % 36951.8 millions/s 65.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66967 millions/s 0 % 18735 millions/s 72 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Xeon E5-1660 v2.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Xeon E5-1660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.7 FPS 105.5 FPS
High settings 239.5 FPS 168.8 FPS
Medium settings 299.4 FPS 211.0 FPS
Low settings 374.3 FPS 263.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.5 %

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 i9-7960X Xeon E5-1660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.2 FPS 140.0 FPS
High settings 265.9 FPS 224.0 FPS
Medium settings 332.4 FPS 280.0 FPS
Low settings 415.5 FPS 350.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.8 %
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