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Intel logo Xeon E5-2660 v4
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General information Xeon E5-2660 v4 Core i7-3960X
Launched Q4 2016 Q4 2011
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Broadwell-EP Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 2 GHz 39.4 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.2 GHz 17.9 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 14 0 % 6 57.1 %
Threads 28 0 % 12 57.1 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 19.2 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 35 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2660 v4 Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 56788 0 % 48276 15 %
Future Proof 56 % 0 % 27 % 51.8 %
Benchmark Score 10400 0 % 5431 47.8 %
Single Thread Score 1745.2 3.7 % 1813.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 5032 MB/s 0 % 2539.9 MB/s 49.5 %
Compressing Data 255.7 MB/s 0 % 138.5 MB/s 45.8 %
String objects sorting 33710.4 thousand/s 0 % 20963 thousand/s 37.8 %
Prime numbers generation 82.6 millions/s 0 % 42.1 millions/s 49 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 58674.4 millions/s 0 % 33056.9 millions/s 43.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 38630.9 millions/s 0 % 12347.6 millions/s 68 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2660 v4, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2660 v4 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.4 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 197.4 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 246.7 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 308.4 FPS 245.2 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 E5-2660 v4 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 150.6 FPS 135.6 FPS
High settings 240.9 FPS 217.0 FPS
Medium settings 301.1 FPS 271.2 FPS
Low settings 376.4 FPS 339.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.9 %
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