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General information Xeon E5-2690 Core i7-3970X
Launched Q1 2012 Q1 2012
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 2.9 GHz 17.1 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 W 10 % 150 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 E5-2690 Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 50099 0 % 48362 3.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6300 0 % 5470 13.2 %
Single Thread Score 1669.7 9.6 % 1847.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 3043.8 MB/s 0 % 2674.6 MB/s 12.1 %
Compressing Data 166.3 MB/s 0 % 145.1 MB/s 12.8 %
String objects sorting 25161.1 thousand/s 0 % 21359.2 thousand/s 15.1 %
Prime numbers generation 49 millions/s 0 % 40 millions/s 18.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39331.4 millions/s 0 % 31824 millions/s 19.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14534 millions/s 0 % 12698 millions/s 12.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2690, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2690 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.5 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 165.6 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 207.0 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 258.7 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 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 Xeon E5-2690 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.9 FPS 135.9 FPS
High settings 222.3 FPS 217.4 FPS
Medium settings 277.9 FPS 271.7 FPS
Low settings 347.3 FPS 339.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.2 %
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