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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-1660
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 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 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 130 W 13.3 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 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 i7-3970X Xeon E5-1660
Overall Score 48480 0 % 48399 0.2 %
Future Proof 28 % 9.7 % 31 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5524 0 % 5487 0.7 %
Single Thread Score 1849.2 0 % 1799.6 2.7 %
Encrypting Data 2669.2 MB/s 0 % 2610.3 MB/s 2.2 %
Compressing Data 142.8 MB/s 0 % 136.5 MB/s 4.4 %
String objects sorting 21337.8 thousand/s 0 % 21200.4 thousand/s 0.6 %
Prime numbers generation 40.3 millions/s 3.6 % 41.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32016.7 millions/s 1.9 % 32640 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12863.7 millions/s 0 % 12026.5 millions/s 6.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E5-1660.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-1660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.2 FPS 98.0 FPS
High settings 157.2 FPS 156.8 FPS
Medium settings 196.5 FPS 196.0 FPS
Low settings 245.6 FPS 245.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %

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 E5-1660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 135.6 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 216.9 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 271.1 FPS
Low settings 339.3 FPS 338.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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