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Intel logo Xeon E5-2680 v2
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General information Xeon E5-2680 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 2.8 GHz 20 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 10 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 W 23.3 % 150 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2680 v2 Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 53437 0 % 48362 9.5 %
Future Proof 37 % 0 % 28 % 24.3 %
Benchmark Score 8154 0 % 5470 32.9 %
Single Thread Score 1788.8 3.7 % 1856.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 3905.3 MB/s 0 % 2696.1 MB/s 31 %
Compressing Data 215.9 MB/s 0 % 143.1 MB/s 33.7 %
String objects sorting 30511.6 thousand/s 0 % 21530.8 thousand/s 29.4 %
Prime numbers generation 59.4 millions/s 0 % 39.8 millions/s 33 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 48859.6 millions/s 0 % 32337.8 millions/s 33.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24863.3 millions/s 0 % 12761.8 millions/s 48.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2680 v2, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2680 v2 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.4 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 181.5 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 226.9 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 283.6 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.3 %

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 E5-2680 v2 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.6 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 231.4 FPS 217.1 FPS
Medium settings 289.2 FPS 271.4 FPS
Low settings 361.6 FPS 339.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.2 %
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