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Core i9-7960X vs Xeon E5-1620 v4

Core i9-7960X vs Xeon E5-1620 v4: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-7960X outperforms Xeon E5-1620 v4 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-7960X is 438 days newer than Xeon E5-1620 v4.

Advantages of Intel Core i9-7960X

  • Performs up to 6% better in Far Cry 3 than Xeon E5-1620 v4 - 141 vs 133 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 - 32 vs 8 threads

Advantages of Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4

  • Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i9-7960X - 140 vs 165 Watts
This is a free version of Far Cry 3.
Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


FPS

141

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 Logo
Xeon E5-1620 v4

Desktop • Jun 20th, 2016


FPS

133

94%

Value, £/FPS

£0.38/FPS

100%

Price, £

£49.95

100%

Value Winner

Intel Corp. BX80660E51620V4 Xeon Processor E5-1620 v4

Buy for £49.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 150 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 Logo
Xeon E5-1620 v4

Desktop • Jun 20th, 2016

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


Single-Core

1376

100%

Multi-Core

10496

100%

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 Logo
Xeon E5-1620 v4

Desktop • Jun 20th, 2016


Single-Core

1088

79%

Multi-Core

3898

37%

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo

Intel Core i9-7960X

vs
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 Logo

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4

Sep 1st, 2017
Release DateJun 20th, 2016
Core i9CollectionXeon E5
SkylakeCodenameBroadwell-E/EP
Intel Socket 2066SocketIntel Socket 2011-3
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
16
Cores4
32
Threads8
2.8 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.5 GHz
4.2 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed3.8 GHz
165 WTDP
140 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
28.0xMultiplier
35.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
Yes
OverclockableNo

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