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General information Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2640 v2
Launched Q4 2011 Q1 2014
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 Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2 GHz 39.4 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 35.9 %
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 % 22 nm 31.3 %
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 E5-2640 v2
Overall Score 48276 0 % 47126 2.4 %
Future Proof 27 % 32.5 % 40 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5431 0 % 4932 9.2 %
Single Thread Score 1806 0 % 1260.1 30.2 %
Encrypting Data 2547.6 MB/s 0 % 2293.5 MB/s 10 %
Compressing Data 137.8 MB/s 0 % 129.1 MB/s 6.3 %
String objects sorting 21005 thousand/s 0 % 17793.7 thousand/s 15.3 %
Prime numbers generation 41.7 millions/s 0 % 40.7 millions/s 2.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 33254.6 millions/s 0 % 29052 millions/s 12.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12286.3 millions/s 16.6 % 14726.4 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Xeon E5-2640 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Xeon E5-2640 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 94.6 FPS
High settings 156.9 FPS 151.4 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 189.3 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 236.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.5 %

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 E5-2640 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 133.7 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 213.9 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 267.3 FPS
Low settings 339.3 FPS 334.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.5 %
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