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Intel logo Xeon E5-2640 v3
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Intel logo Xeon E5-1660 v2

Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 logo Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 logo
General information Xeon E5-2640 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v2
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2013
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Haswell-EP Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 2.6 GHz 29.7 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.4 GHz 15 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 W 30.8 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2640 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v2
Overall Score 51793 0 % 50772 2 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 39 % 9.3 %
Benchmark Score 7196 0 % 6645 7.7 %
Single Thread Score 1885.8 10.5 % 2106.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 3246.7 MB/s 0 % 3080.6 MB/s 5.1 %
Compressing Data 175.8 MB/s 0 % 167.3 MB/s 4.8 %
String objects sorting 24272.9 thousand/s 0 % 23156.8 thousand/s 4.6 %
Prime numbers generation 48.8 millions/s 0 % 48.7 millions/s 0.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 42695.4 millions/s 0 % 36914.7 millions/s 13.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 21474.4 millions/s 0 % 18716.3 millions/s 12.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2640 v3, Xeon E5-1660 v2.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2640 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 108.5 FPS 105.5 FPS
High settings 173.6 FPS 168.8 FPS
Medium settings 217.0 FPS 211.0 FPS
Low settings 271.2 FPS 263.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.8 %

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 E5-2640 v3 Xeon E5-1660 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 141.9 FPS 140.0 FPS
High settings 227.0 FPS 224.0 FPS
Medium settings 283.7 FPS 280.0 FPS
Low settings 354.6 FPS 350.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %
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