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General information Xeon E5-4650 Core i7-3970X
Launched Q3 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 2.7 GHz 22.9 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.3 GHz 17.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 13.3 % 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 E5-4650 Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 48601 0 % 48362 0.5 %
Future Proof 31 % 0 % 28 % 9.7 %
Benchmark Score 5579 0 % 5470 2 %
Single Thread Score 1489.3 18.3 % 1823.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 2731 MB/s 0 % 2706.8 MB/s 0.9 %
Compressing Data 148.7 MB/s 0 % 144.8 MB/s 2.6 %
String objects sorting 22890.5 thousand/s 0 % 21638 thousand/s 5.5 %
Prime numbers generation 44.1 millions/s 0 % 40 millions/s 9.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 35054.2 millions/s 0 % 31952.4 millions/s 8.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12996 millions/s 0 % 12621.5 millions/s 2.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-4650, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-4650 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 99.1 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 158.5 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 198.1 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 247.6 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %

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 E5-4650 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.2 FPS 135.8 FPS
High settings 218.0 FPS 217.3 FPS
Medium settings 272.5 FPS 271.6 FPS
Low settings 340.6 FPS 339.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %
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