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General information Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2660
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 % 2.2 GHz 33.3 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 23.1 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 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
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2660
Overall Score 48276 0 % 47885 0.8 %
Future Proof 27 % 10 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5431 0 % 5258 3.2 %
Single Thread Score 1806 0 % 1388.2 23.1 %
Encrypting Data 2547.6 MB/s 1.3 % 2582 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 137.8 MB/s 0 % 137.4 MB/s 0.3 %
String objects sorting 21005 thousand/s 0 % 21011.9 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 41.7 millions/s 0 % 40.8 millions/s 2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 33254.6 millions/s 0 % 33089 millions/s 0.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12286.3 millions/s 0 % 12174.3 millions/s 0.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 96.9 FPS
High settings 156.9 FPS 155.1 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 193.8 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 242.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %

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 E5-2660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 135.0 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 216.0 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 270.0 FPS
Low settings 339.3 FPS 337.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %
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