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General information Core i7-980 Xeon E5-1620
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 8.3 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 5.3 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 130 W 0 %
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
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 10 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-980 Xeon E5-1620
Overall Score 46001 0 % 44118 4.1 %
Future Proof 26 % 13.3 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 3789 15.4 %
Single Thread Score 1534.4 12.7 % 1758.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 2682.6 MB/s 0 % 1764.8 MB/s 34.2 %
Compressing Data 116.8 MB/s 0 % 92.7 MB/s 20.6 %
String objects sorting 15957.3 thousand/s 0 % 14340.5 thousand/s 10.1 %
Prime numbers generation 31.8 millions/s 0 % 29.1 millions/s 8.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29265 millions/s 0 % 22273.7 millions/s 23.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12257.4 millions/s 0 % 8291.6 millions/s 32.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Xeon E5-1620.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Xeon E5-1620
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 85.7 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 137.2 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 171.5 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 214.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.1 %

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 Core i7-980 Xeon E5-1620
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.7 FPS 128.3 FPS
High settings 210.6 FPS 205.3 FPS
Medium settings 263.3 FPS 256.6 FPS
Low settings 329.1 FPS 320.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.5 %
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