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General information Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i7-3970X
Launched Q4 2013 Q1 2012
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-EP Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 5.4 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 13.3 % 150 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 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 Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 50772 0 % 48362 4.7 %
Future Proof 39 % 0 % 28 % 28.2 %
Benchmark Score 6645 0 % 5470 17.7 %
Single Thread Score 2116.7 0 % 1847.4 12.7 %
Encrypting Data 3111.6 MB/s 0 % 2674.6 MB/s 14 %
Compressing Data 167.2 MB/s 0 % 145.1 MB/s 13.2 %
String objects sorting 23342.3 thousand/s 0 % 21359.2 thousand/s 8.5 %
Prime numbers generation 49.3 millions/s 0 % 40 millions/s 18.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37174.2 millions/s 0 % 31824 millions/s 14.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18678.8 millions/s 0 % 12698 millions/s 32 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-1660 v2, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.5 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 168.8 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 211.0 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 263.8 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.8 %

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 Xeon E5-1660 v2 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.1 FPS 135.9 FPS
High settings 224.2 FPS 217.4 FPS
Medium settings 280.3 FPS 271.7 FPS
Low settings 350.4 FPS 339.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.1 %
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