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General information Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2630
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 % 2.3 GHz 30.3 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 28.2 %
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 E5-2630
Overall Score 48276 0 % 44714 7.4 %
Future Proof 27 % 10 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5431 0 % 3997 26.4 %
Single Thread Score 1806 0 % 1284.7 28.9 %
Encrypting Data 2547.6 MB/s 0 % 1932.4 MB/s 24.1 %
Compressing Data 137.8 MB/s 0 % 99.5 MB/s 27.8 %
String objects sorting 21005 thousand/s 0 % 15503.5 thousand/s 26.2 %
Prime numbers generation 41.7 millions/s 0 % 34.2 millions/s 17.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 33254.6 millions/s 0 % 23785.1 millions/s 28.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12286.3 millions/s 0 % 8694.7 millions/s 29.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Xeon E5-2630.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2630
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 87.5 FPS
High settings 156.9 FPS 140.1 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 175.1 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 218.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.8 %

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 E5-2630
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 129.4 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 207.1 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 258.8 FPS
Low settings 339.3 FPS 323.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.6 %
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