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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660 v2
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General information Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i5-2500
Launched Q4 2013 Q4 2010
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 10.8 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 7.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 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 v2 Core i5-2500
Overall Score 50772 0 % 40411 20.4 %
Future Proof 39 % 0 % 21 % 46.2 %
Benchmark Score 6645 0 % 2667 59.9 %
Single Thread Score 2091.5 0 % 1700.2 18.7 %
Encrypting Data 3102.3 MB/s 0 % 1038.9 MB/s 66.5 %
Compressing Data 164.8 MB/s 0 % 65.4 MB/s 60.3 %
String objects sorting 23295.9 thousand/s 0 % 9085.2 thousand/s 61 %
Prime numbers generation 49.2 millions/s 0 % 24 millions/s 51.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 36914.7 millions/s 0 % 14480.8 millions/s 60.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18847.4 millions/s 0 % 7502.2 millions/s 60.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-1660 v2, Core i5-2500.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.5 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 168.8 FPS 119.6 FPS
Medium settings 211.0 FPS 149.5 FPS
Low settings 263.8 FPS 186.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.1 %

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 v2 Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.0 FPS 121.8 FPS
High settings 224.0 FPS 194.8 FPS
Medium settings 280.0 FPS 243.5 FPS
Low settings 350.0 FPS 304.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 13 %
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