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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-2665
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 % 2.4 GHz 31.4 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 22.5 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 115 W 23.3 %
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 E5-2665
Overall Score 48480 0 % 48207 0.6 %
Future Proof 28 % 6.7 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5524 0 % 5400 2.2 %
Single Thread Score 1829 0 % 1386 24.2 %
Encrypting Data 2674.6 MB/s 0 % 2563.7 MB/s 4.1 %
Compressing Data 142.5 MB/s 0 % 142.3 MB/s 0.1 %
String objects sorting 21616.6 thousand/s 0 % 21204 thousand/s 1.9 %
Prime numbers generation 40.4 millions/s 7 % 43.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32016.7 millions/s 4.5 % 33519.5 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12736.3 millions/s 0 % 12455.9 millions/s 2.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E5-2665.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-2665
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.2 FPS 97.4 FPS
High settings 157.2 FPS 155.9 FPS
Medium settings 196.5 FPS 194.9 FPS
Low settings 245.6 FPS 243.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %

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 E5-2665
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 135.2 FPS
High settings 217.1 FPS 216.3 FPS
Medium settings 271.4 FPS 270.4 FPS
Low settings 339.2 FPS 338.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %
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