Dual Xeon E5-2687W v3 or i7-5960X?

DoeBoy · August 11, 2015, 17:26

Building a Workstation for Maya and PC gaming (Witcher 3, DA: Inquisition). I plan to install Windows 10 on the dual Xeon workstation setup. Which will give me better performance and for gaming FPS. The dual Xeon E5-2687W V3 3.1GHz 10-Core or dual Xeon E5-2687W V2 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor? I plan to run 2 GTX Titan X in SLI. When it comes to Maya rendering the Dual Xeon’s will crush an overclocked i7-5960X I’m sure.

Dual E5-2687W v3 - 10 Core - 3.1 – 3.5 GHz
with Crucial 128GB (8 x 16GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory

Dual E5-2687W v2 - 8 Core - 3.4 – 4.0 GHz
with Kingston 64GB (8 x 8GB) Registered DDR3-1866 Memory

i7-5960X – 8 Core – 3.0 – 3.5 GHz
with Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory

blspjnl · August 25, 2015, 16:44

Gaming FPS depends on generally on the 'single core speed'; therefore the (Ivy Bridge) E5-2687 V2 will be the quickest for gaming purposes on STOCK speeds. As the clock speed is more than 10% higher than these Haswells, while the differential performance per MHz is less than this. However the i7-5960X should easily achieve 4.5GHz when overclocking, crushing both other processors. So the i7-5960X is your gaming processor.

Multithreaded performance, assuming good scaling; the Dual E5-2687 v3... no doubt.

August 11, 2015, 17:26	Dual Xeon E5-2687W v3 or i7-5960X?	#1
DoeBoy New Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Building a Workstation for Maya and PC gaming (Witcher 3, DA: Inquisition). I plan to install Windows 10 on the dual Xeon workstation setup. Which will give me better performance and for gaming FPS. The dual Xeon E5-2687W V3 3.1GHz 10-Core or dual Xeon E5-2687W V2 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor? I plan to run 2 GTX Titan X in SLI. When it comes to Maya rendering the Dual Xeon’s will crush an overclocked i7-5960X I’m sure. Dual E5-2687W v3 - 10 Core - 3.1 – 3.5 GHz with Crucial 128GB (8 x 16GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory Dual E5-2687W v2 - 8 Core - 3.4 – 4.0 GHz with Kingston 64GB (8 x 8GB) Registered DDR3-1866 Memory i7-5960X – 8 Core – 3.0 – 3.5 GHz with Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory

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August 25, 2015, 16:44		#2
blspjnl New Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 11	Gaming FPS depends on generally on the 'single core speed'; therefore the (Ivy Bridge) E5-2687 V2 will be the quickest for gaming purposes on STOCK speeds. As the clock speed is more than 10% higher than these Haswells, while the differential performance per MHz is less than this. However the i7-5960X should easily achieve 4.5GHz when overclocking, crushing both other processors. So the i7-5960X is your gaming processor. Multithreaded performance, assuming good scaling; the Dual E5-2687 v3... no doubt.