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General information Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2620
Launched Q4 2011 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Sandy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2 GHz 39.4 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 35.9 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2620
Overall Score 48276 0 % 43004 10.9 %
Future Proof 27 % 10 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5431 0 % 3420 37 %
Single Thread Score 1806 0 % 1099 39.1 %
Encrypting Data 2547.6 MB/s 0 % 1623.5 MB/s 36.3 %
Compressing Data 137.8 MB/s 0 % 87.2 MB/s 36.7 %
String objects sorting 21005 thousand/s 0 % 13164.4 thousand/s 37.3 %
Prime numbers generation 41.7 millions/s 0 % 29.9 millions/s 28.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 33254.6 millions/s 0 % 20586.3 millions/s 38.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12286.3 millions/s 0 % 7600.2 millions/s 38.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Xeon E5-2620.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2620
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 82.4 FPS
High settings 156.9 FPS 131.8 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 164.8 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 206.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 16 %

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 i7-3960X Xeon E5-2620
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 126.4 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 202.2 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 252.8 FPS
Low settings 339.3 FPS 316.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.9 %
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