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General information Xeon E3-1280 v5 Core i7-3960X
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2011
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Skylake-H Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 10.8 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 4 33.3 % 6 0 %
Threads 8 33.3 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 38.5 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E3-1280 v5 Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 48406 0 % 48394 0 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 27 % 49.1 %
Benchmark Score 5491 0 % 5485 0.1 %
Single Thread Score 2312 0 % 1786.2 22.7 %
Encrypting Data 2922.5 MB/s 0 % 2545.1 MB/s 12.9 %
Compressing Data 110.8 MB/s 19.3 % 137.3 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 14711.5 thousand/s 30.1 % 21047 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 29.8 millions/s 28.6 % 41.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 26747.3 millions/s 18.1 % 32661.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 16584.3 millions/s 0 % 12359.9 millions/s 25.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280 v5, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 v5 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.0 FPS 98.0 FPS
High settings 156.8 FPS 156.8 FPS
Medium settings 196.0 FPS 196.0 FPS
Low settings 245.1 FPS 245.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0 %

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 E3-1280 v5 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.6 FPS 135.5 FPS
High settings 216.9 FPS 216.9 FPS
Medium settings 271.1 FPS 271.1 FPS
Low settings 338.9 FPS 338.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0 %
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