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General information Core i7-980 Xeon E5-2603
Launched Q3 2011 Q1 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 % 1.8 GHz 45.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 80 W 38.5 %
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 No
Performance Core i7-980 Xeon E5-2603
Overall Score 46002 0 % 35080 23.7 %
Future Proof 26 % 7.1 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 1514 66.2 %
Single Thread Score 1549.8 0 % 859.3 44.6 %
Encrypting Data 2674.6 MB/s 22.7 % 3461.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 114.9 MB/s 0 % 34.6 MB/s 69.9 %
String objects sorting 15672.7 thousand/s 0 % 4737.7 thousand/s 69.8 %
Prime numbers generation 32.3 millions/s 0 % 20 millions/s 37.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29030.9 millions/s 0 % 6756.2 millions/s 76.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12331.3 millions/s 0 % 3790.1 millions/s 69.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Xeon E5-2603.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Xeon E5-2603
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 94.3 FPS
Medium settings 182.7 FPS 117.8 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 147.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.5 %

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 E5-2603
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.6 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 210.5 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 263.2 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 328.9 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.6 %
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