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General information Xeon E3-1280 v6 Core i7-3960X
Launched Q1 2017 Q4 2011
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Kaby Lake-S Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 15.4 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 7.1 %
Cores 4 33.3 % 6 0 %
Threads 8 33.3 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 72 W 44.6 % 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 v6 Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 49152 0 % 48276 1.8 %
Future Proof 57 % 0 % 27 % 52.6 %
Benchmark Score 5837 0 % 5431 7 %
Single Thread Score 2519 0 % 1806 28.3 %
Encrypting Data 3194 MB/s 0 % 2547.6 MB/s 20.2 %
Compressing Data 120.9 MB/s 12.2 % 137.8 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 15495 thousand/s 26.2 % 21005 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 31.2 millions/s 25.2 % 41.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28042.7 millions/s 15.7 % 33254.6 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 17556 millions/s 0 % 12286.3 millions/s 30 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280 v6, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 v6 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 100.7 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 161.1 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 201.4 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 251.8 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.6 %

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 v6 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.3 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 219.7 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 274.6 FPS 271.5 FPS
Low settings 343.2 FPS 339.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.1 %
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