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Intel logo Xeon E5-2690 v2
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General information Xeon E5-2690 v2 Core i7-990X
Launched Q3 2013 Q1 2011
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Gulftown
Clock 3 GHz 14.3 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 2.7 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2690 v2 Core i7-990X
Overall Score 54327 0 % 46297 14.8 %
Future Proof 37 % 0 % 23 % 37.8 %
Benchmark Score 8711 0 % 4594 47.3 %
Single Thread Score 1890.5 0 % 1563.2 17.3 %
Encrypting Data 4275.3 MB/s 0 % 2690 MB/s 37.1 %
Compressing Data 237.7 MB/s 0 % 120 MB/s 49.5 %
String objects sorting 31804.4 thousand/s 0 % 16118 thousand/s 49.3 %
Prime numbers generation 61.6 millions/s 0 % 32.8 millions/s 46.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51980.8 millions/s 0 % 29443.6 millions/s 43.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 26422.4 millions/s 0 % 12479.9 millions/s 52.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2690 v2, Core i7-990X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2690 v2 Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.0 FPS 92.2 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 147.5 FPS
Medium settings 232.1 FPS 184.4 FPS
Low settings 290.1 FPS 230.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.5 %

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 Xeon E5-2690 v2 Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.3 FPS 132.1 FPS
High settings 234.0 FPS 211.4 FPS
Medium settings 292.5 FPS 264.2 FPS
Low settings 365.7 FPS 330.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.7 %
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