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General information Xeon E5-1660 Core i5-2300
Launched Q3 2012 Q1 2011
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 15.2 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 20.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Xeon E5-1660 Core i5-2300
Overall Score 48281 0 % 38575 20.1 %
Future Proof 31 % 0 % 23 % 25.8 %
Benchmark Score 5434 0 % 2214 59.3 %
Single Thread Score 1790.6 0 % 1423.4 20.5 %
Encrypting Data 2579.2 MB/s 48.8 % 5035.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 138 MB/s 0 % 56 MB/s 59.4 %
String objects sorting 21074.1 thousand/s 0 % 7636.2 thousand/s 63.8 %
Prime numbers generation 42 millions/s 0 % 22 millions/s 47.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 33066.4 millions/s 0 % 12152.9 millions/s 63.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12196.6 millions/s 0 % 6341 millions/s 48 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-1660, Core i5-2300.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-1660 Core i5-2300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 69.3 FPS
High settings 157.0 FPS 110.9 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 138.6 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 173.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.3 %

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 E5-1660 Core i5-2300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.6 FPS 118.5 FPS
High settings 216.9 FPS 189.6 FPS
Medium settings 271.2 FPS 236.9 FPS
Low settings 339.0 FPS 296.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.6 %
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