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General information Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2609
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 % 2.4 GHz 33.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 80 W 38.5 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 10 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2609
Overall Score 50542 0 % 36876 27 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 30 % 11.8 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 1849 71.7 %
Single Thread Score 2086.2 0 % 1108.4 46.9 %
Encrypting Data 2995 MB/s 29.1 % 4226.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 162.6 MB/s 0 % 42.6 MB/s 73.8 %
String objects sorting 23060 thousand/s 0 % 6394.4 thousand/s 72.3 %
Prime numbers generation 47.9 millions/s 0 % 21.9 millions/s 54.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37102.1 millions/s 0 % 9626.4 millions/s 74.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18570 millions/s 0 % 4895.7 millions/s 73.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Xeon E5-2609.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2609
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 64.3 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 102.9 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 128.6 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 160.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 38.7 %

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 Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2609
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.6 FPS 115.6 FPS
High settings 223.4 FPS 185.0 FPS
Medium settings 279.2 FPS 231.2 FPS
Low settings 349.0 FPS 289.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.2 %
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