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General information Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2640 v2
Launched Q1 2013 Q1 2014
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2 GHz 44.4 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 37.5 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 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 i7-4960X Xeon E5-2640 v2
Overall Score 50542 0 % 47127 6.8 %
Future Proof 34 % 15 % 40 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 4933 24.4 %
Single Thread Score 2086.2 0 % 1272.8 39 %
Encrypting Data 2995 MB/s 0 % 2300.4 MB/s 23.2 %
Compressing Data 162.6 MB/s 0 % 129.7 MB/s 20.2 %
String objects sorting 23060 thousand/s 0 % 17740.7 thousand/s 23.1 %
Prime numbers generation 47.9 millions/s 0 % 41 millions/s 14.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37102.1 millions/s 0 % 28965 millions/s 21.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18570 millions/s 0 % 14565.5 millions/s 21.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Xeon E5-2640 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Xeon E5-2640 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 94.6 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 151.4 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 189.3 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 236.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.7 %

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 E5-2640 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.6 FPS 133.6 FPS
High settings 223.4 FPS 213.7 FPS
Medium settings 279.2 FPS 267.2 FPS
Low settings 349.0 FPS 334.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.3 %
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