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General information Core i9-9960X Xeon E5-1660 v2
Launched Q1 2019 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 3.1 GHz 16.2 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 9.1 %
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 i9-9960X Xeon E5-1660 v2
Overall Score 66672 0 % 50772 23.8 %
Future Proof 69 % 0 % 39 % 43.5 %
Benchmark Score 19760 0 % 6645 66.4 %
Single Thread Score 2608.8 0 % 2114.6 18.9 %
Encrypting Data 11366.6 MB/s 0 % 3096.1 MB/s 72.8 %
Compressing Data 499.8 MB/s 0 % 166 MB/s 66.8 %
String objects sorting 64795 thousand/s 0 % 23110.5 thousand/s 64.3 %
Prime numbers generation 113.6 millions/s 0 % 49.3 millions/s 56.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 118096 millions/s 0 % 37322.4 millions/s 68.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72980.4 millions/s 0 % 18847.4 millions/s 74.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Xeon E5-1660 v2.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Xeon E5-1660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 105.5 FPS
High settings 244.4 FPS 168.8 FPS
Medium settings 305.5 FPS 211.0 FPS
Low settings 381.9 FPS 263.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.9 %

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 i9-9960X Xeon E5-1660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 140.0 FPS
High settings 268.7 FPS 224.0 FPS
Medium settings 335.9 FPS 280.0 FPS
Low settings 419.9 FPS 350.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.6 %
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