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General information Core i7-980X Xeon E5-2620 v2
Launched Q1 2010 Q3 2013
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 FCLGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Gulftown Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 36.4 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.6 GHz 27.8 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 80 W 38.5 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
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 i7-980X Xeon E5-2620 v2
Overall Score 45842 0 % 44824 2.2 %
Future Proof 17 % 54.1 % 37 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4416 0 % 4037 8.6 %
Single Thread Score 1523.9 0 % 1282.3 15.9 %
Encrypting Data 2543.7 MB/s 0 % 1805.6 MB/s 29 %
Compressing Data 113.1 MB/s 0 % 99.7 MB/s 11.8 %
String objects sorting 15328.8 thousand/s 0 % 14005.8 thousand/s 8.6 %
Prime numbers generation 32.9 millions/s 5 % 34.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28419.4 millions/s 0 % 22658.1 millions/s 20.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12065.6 millions/s 0 % 11303.6 millions/s 6.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980X, Xeon E5-2620 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-980X Xeon E5-2620 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.8 FPS 87.8 FPS
High settings 145.4 FPS 140.6 FPS
Medium settings 181.7 FPS 175.7 FPS
Low settings 227.1 FPS 219.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.3 %

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 i7-980X Xeon E5-2620 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.3 FPS 129.5 FPS
High settings 210.0 FPS 207.1 FPS
Medium settings 262.5 FPS 258.9 FPS
Low settings 328.2 FPS 323.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %
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