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Intel logo Xeon E5-2670
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General information Xeon E5-2670 Core i7-980X
Launched Q1 2012 Q1 2010
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Gulftown
Clock 2.6 GHz 21.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.3 GHz 8.3 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 W 11.5 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2670 Core i7-980X
Overall Score 49046 0 % 45842 6.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 17 % 39.3 %
Benchmark Score 5786 0 % 4416 23.7 %
Single Thread Score 1483.2 3.6 % 1539.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 2809.4 MB/s 0 % 2574.4 MB/s 8.4 %
Compressing Data 152.1 MB/s 0 % 112.9 MB/s 25.8 %
String objects sorting 23202.4 thousand/s 0 % 15514.4 thousand/s 33.1 %
Prime numbers generation 45.6 millions/s 0 % 33.1 millions/s 27.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 35790.7 millions/s 0 % 28476.2 millions/s 20.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13368.8 millions/s 0 % 11993.9 millions/s 10.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2670, Core i7-980X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2670 Core i7-980X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 100.3 FPS 90.8 FPS
High settings 160.5 FPS 145.4 FPS
Medium settings 200.6 FPS 181.7 FPS
Low settings 250.8 FPS 227.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.4 %

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 E5-2670 Core i7-980X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.7 FPS 131.1 FPS
High settings 218.7 FPS 209.8 FPS
Medium settings 273.4 FPS 262.2 FPS
Low settings 341.8 FPS 327.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.1 %
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