Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5462 points

24% slightly better overall score

4392 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

21% slightly better gaming score

5377 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

4064 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

3979 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

148.95 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7331 points

8091 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1235 points

1373 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7100 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

0.85% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1291 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

Identical

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

Identical

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

Identical

140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

768 GiB

1100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089

401st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-5960X vs Xeon E5-1660 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Xeon E5-1660 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1660 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-5960X and Xeon E5-1660 v3 are identical in this regard. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.