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General information Core i7-970 Xeon E5-1620 v2
Launched Q3 2010 Q3 2013
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 FCLGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Gulftown Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.2 GHz 13.5 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 10.3 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
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 Yes
Performance Core i7-970 Xeon E5-1620 v2
Overall Score 45369 0 % 45353 0 %
Future Proof 20 % 45.9 % 37 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4237 0 % 4231 0.1 %
Single Thread Score 1468.5 27.3 % 2021 0 %
Encrypting Data 2518.5 MB/s 0 % 1905 MB/s 24.4 %
Compressing Data 109.8 MB/s 0 % 105.2 MB/s 4.2 %
String objects sorting 15121.2 thousand/s 0 % 13883 thousand/s 8.2 %
Prime numbers generation 28.9 millions/s 6.4 % 30.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27478.4 millions/s 0 % 22768 millions/s 17.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11546.6 millions/s 1.4 % 11713.9 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-970, Xeon E5-1620 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-970 Xeon E5-1620 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 89.4 FPS 89.4 FPS
High settings 143.1 FPS 143.0 FPS
Medium settings 178.9 FPS 178.8 FPS
Low settings 223.6 FPS 223.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %

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 i7-970 Xeon E5-1620 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.5 FPS 130.5 FPS
High settings 208.8 FPS 208.8 FPS
Medium settings 261.1 FPS 261.0 FPS
Low settings 326.3 FPS 326.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0 %
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