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General information Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2680 v2
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2013
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 20 % 10 0 %
Threads 16 20 % 20 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 115 W 17.9 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2680 v2
Overall Score 53581 0 % 53436 0.3 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 37 % 14 %
Benchmark Score 8242 0 % 8153 1.1 %
Single Thread Score 1975.1 0 % 1795.9 9.1 %
Encrypting Data 3711.8 MB/s 6 % 3950.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 193.6 MB/s 10.9 % 217.4 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 27568.3 thousand/s 10.1 % 30664.5 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 62.2 millions/s 0 % 58.2 millions/s 6.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47048.8 millions/s 3.9 % 48957 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23735.4 millions/s 3.8 % 24663.6 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Xeon E5-2680 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2680 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.8 FPS 113.4 FPS
High settings 182.1 FPS 181.4 FPS
Medium settings 227.6 FPS 226.7 FPS
Low settings 284.5 FPS 283.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %

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 Core i7-5960X Xeon E5-2680 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.8 FPS 144.6 FPS
High settings 231.7 FPS 231.4 FPS
Medium settings 289.7 FPS 289.2 FPS
Low settings 362.1 FPS 361.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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