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General information Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2620 v2
Launched Q4 2011 Q3 2013
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 36.4 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 2.6 GHz 33.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 80 W 38.5 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
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 v2
Overall Score 48283 0 % 44824 7.2 %
Future Proof 27 % 27 % 37 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5435 0 % 4037 25.7 %
Single Thread Score 1801.6 0 % 1282.3 28.8 %
Encrypting Data 2585.5 MB/s 0 % 1805.6 MB/s 30.2 %
Compressing Data 137.7 MB/s 0 % 99.7 MB/s 27.6 %
String objects sorting 20838.9 thousand/s 0 % 14005.8 thousand/s 32.8 %
Prime numbers generation 42.4 millions/s 0 % 34.7 millions/s 18.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 33160.8 millions/s 0 % 22658.1 millions/s 31.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12324.1 millions/s 0 % 11303.6 millions/s 8.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Xeon E5-2620 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2620 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 87.8 FPS
High settings 157.0 FPS 140.6 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 175.7 FPS
Low settings 245.3 FPS 219.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.5 %

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 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.5 FPS 129.5 FPS
High settings 216.8 FPS 207.1 FPS
Medium settings 271.1 FPS 258.9 FPS
Low settings 338.8 FPS 323.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.5 %
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