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General information Core i7-4960X Xeon E3-1230 V2
Launched Q1 2013 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 7.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 69 W 46.9 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-4960X Xeon E3-1230 V2
Overall Score 50664 0 % 44823 11.5 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 30 % 11.8 %
Benchmark Score 6589 0 % 4037 38.7 %
Single Thread Score 2084.1 0 % 1993 4.4 %
Encrypting Data 2986 MB/s 0 % 1807.8 MB/s 39.5 %
Compressing Data 162.7 MB/s 0 % 98.4 MB/s 39.5 %
String objects sorting 22898.9 thousand/s 0 % 13601 thousand/s 40.6 %
Prime numbers generation 48.1 millions/s 0 % 29.3 millions/s 39.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37065 millions/s 0 % 22133.9 millions/s 40.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18737.1 millions/s 0 % 11018.1 millions/s 41.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Xeon E3-1230 V2.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Xeon E3-1230 V2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.7 FPS 87.4 FPS
High settings 167.6 FPS 139.9 FPS
Medium settings 209.5 FPS 174.8 FPS
Low settings 261.8 FPS 218.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.5 %

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 E3-1230 V2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.6 FPS 129.3 FPS
High settings 223.3 FPS 206.9 FPS
Medium settings 279.1 FPS 258.6 FPS
Low settings 348.9 FPS 323.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.4 %
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