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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-2660
Launched Q1 2012 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 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.2 GHz 37.1 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 25 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 95 W 36.7 %
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 i7-3970X Xeon E5-2660
Overall Score 48362 0 % 47885 1 %
Future Proof 28 % 6.7 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 5258 3.9 %
Single Thread Score 1823.4 0 % 1393.8 23.6 %
Encrypting Data 2706.8 MB/s 0 % 2579.4 MB/s 4.7 %
Compressing Data 144.8 MB/s 0 % 138.3 MB/s 4.5 %
String objects sorting 21638 thousand/s 0 % 20865.2 thousand/s 3.6 %
Prime numbers generation 40 millions/s 1.6 % 40.6 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31952.4 millions/s 3.5 % 33122 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12621.5 millions/s 0 % 12125.7 millions/s 3.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E5-2660.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-2660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 96.9 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 155.1 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 193.8 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 242.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.5 %

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 i7-3970X Xeon E5-2660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 134.9 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 215.9 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 269.9 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 337.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.6 %
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