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General information Xeon E5-2650 v2 Core i7-3970X
Launched Q3 2013 Q1 2012
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 2.6 GHz 25.7 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.4 GHz 15 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 36.7 % 150 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 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 E5-2650 v2 Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 50273 0 % 48362 3.8 %
Future Proof 37 % 0 % 28 % 24.3 %
Benchmark Score 6388 0 % 5470 14.4 %
Single Thread Score 1696.8 8.6 % 1856.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 2954.2 MB/s 0 % 2696.1 MB/s 8.7 %
Compressing Data 168.4 MB/s 0 % 143.1 MB/s 15 %
String objects sorting 23217.9 thousand/s 0 % 21530.8 thousand/s 7.3 %
Prime numbers generation 46.4 millions/s 0 % 39.8 millions/s 14.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37864.3 millions/s 0 % 32337.8 millions/s 14.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 19258.8 millions/s 0 % 12761.8 millions/s 33.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2650 v2, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2650 v2 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.0 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 166.4 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 208.0 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 260.0 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.4 %

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 E5-2650 v2 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.0 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 222.5 FPS 217.1 FPS
Medium settings 278.1 FPS 271.4 FPS
Low settings 347.6 FPS 339.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.4 %
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