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General information Xeon E5-2680 Core i7-3960X
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2011
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 2.7 GHz 18.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 10.3 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2680 Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 49658 0 % 48276 2.8 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 27 % 10 %
Benchmark Score 6081 0 % 5431 10.7 %
Single Thread Score 1549.8 14.2 % 1806 0 %
Encrypting Data 2949.2 MB/s 0 % 2547.6 MB/s 13.6 %
Compressing Data 159.7 MB/s 0 % 137.8 MB/s 13.7 %
String objects sorting 24364.3 thousand/s 0 % 21005 thousand/s 13.8 %
Prime numbers generation 48.1 millions/s 0 % 41.7 millions/s 13.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37843.3 millions/s 0 % 33254.6 millions/s 12.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13981 millions/s 0 % 12286.3 millions/s 12.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2680, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2680 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 102.2 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 163.5 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 204.3 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 255.4 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 4 %

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 E5-2680 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.2 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 221.1 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 276.3 FPS 271.5 FPS
Low settings 345.4 FPS 339.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.8 %
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