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General information Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2620
Launched Q1 2013 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Sandy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2 GHz 44.4 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 37.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 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 i7-4960X Xeon E5-2620
Overall Score 50542 0 % 43005 14.9 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 30 % 11.8 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 3420 47.6 %
Single Thread Score 2086.2 0 % 1104.6 47.1 %
Encrypting Data 2995 MB/s 0 % 1621.9 MB/s 45.8 %
Compressing Data 162.6 MB/s 0 % 87.6 MB/s 46.1 %
String objects sorting 23060 thousand/s 0 % 13085.2 thousand/s 43.3 %
Prime numbers generation 47.9 millions/s 0 % 29.7 millions/s 37.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37102.1 millions/s 0 % 20503.6 millions/s 44.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18570 millions/s 0 % 7654 millions/s 58.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Xeon E5-2620.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2620
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 82.4 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 131.8 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 164.8 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 206.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.4 %

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 Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2620
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.6 FPS 126.3 FPS
High settings 223.4 FPS 202.1 FPS
Medium settings 279.2 FPS 252.7 FPS
Low settings 349.0 FPS 315.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %
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