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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660 v2
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General information Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i7-940
Launched Q4 2013 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Bloomfield
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 21.6 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 20 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 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 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i7-940
Overall Score 50772 0 % 37153 26.8 %
Future Proof 39 % 0 % 10 % 74.4 %
Benchmark Score 6645 0 % 1905 71.3 %
Single Thread Score 2091.5 0 % 1319.2 36.9 %
Encrypting Data 3102.3 MB/s 28.5 % 4341.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 164.8 MB/s 0 % 63.7 MB/s 61.3 %
String objects sorting 23295.9 thousand/s 0 % 8890.2 thousand/s 61.8 %
Prime numbers generation 49.2 millions/s 0 % 22 millions/s 55.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 36914.7 millions/s 0 % 16089.5 millions/s 56.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18847.4 millions/s 0 % 6936.6 millions/s 63.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-1660 v2, Core i7-940.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.5 FPS 65.1 FPS
High settings 168.8 FPS 104.1 FPS
Medium settings 211.0 FPS 130.2 FPS
Low settings 263.8 FPS 162.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 38.3 %

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 Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.0 FPS 116.0 FPS
High settings 224.0 FPS 185.7 FPS
Medium settings 280.0 FPS 232.1 FPS
Low settings 350.0 FPS 290.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.1 %
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