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General information Core i7-980 Xeon E5-2620
Launched Q3 2011 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Gulftown Sandy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2 GHz 39.4 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 30.6 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-980 Xeon E5-2620
Overall Score 46001 0 % 43004 6.5 %
Future Proof 26 % 13.3 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 3420 23.6 %
Single Thread Score 1534.4 0 % 1114.6 27.4 %
Encrypting Data 2682.6 MB/s 0 % 1605.8 MB/s 40.1 %
Compressing Data 116.8 MB/s 0 % 86.4 MB/s 26 %
String objects sorting 15957.3 thousand/s 0 % 13164.4 thousand/s 17.5 %
Prime numbers generation 31.8 millions/s 0 % 29.7 millions/s 6.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29265 millions/s 0 % 20627.7 millions/s 29.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12257.4 millions/s 0 % 7654 millions/s 37.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Xeon E5-2620.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Xeon E5-2620
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 82.4 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 131.8 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 164.8 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 206.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.8 %

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 i7-980 Xeon E5-2620
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.7 FPS 126.3 FPS
High settings 210.6 FPS 202.1 FPS
Medium settings 263.3 FPS 252.7 FPS
Low settings 329.1 FPS 315.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 4 %
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