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General information Core i7-3960X Phenom II X4 945
Launched Q4 2011 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD Phenom II X4
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Deneb
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 125 W 3.8 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3960X Phenom II X4 945
Overall Score 48276 0 % 35220 27 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 13 % 51.9 %
Benchmark Score 5431 0 % 1539 71.7 %
Single Thread Score 1791.6 0 % 1233 31.2 %
Encrypting Data 2580.9 MB/s 26.7 % 3520.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 138.2 MB/s 0 % 51.8 MB/s 62.5 %
String objects sorting 21089 thousand/s 0 % 6534.2 thousand/s 69 %
Prime numbers generation 42.3 millions/s 0 % 14 millions/s 66.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32958 millions/s 0 % 7140.4 millions/s 78.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12163.5 millions/s 0 % 5304.1 millions/s 56.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Phenom II X4 945.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Phenom II X4 945
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 59.4 FPS
High settings 156.9 FPS 95.0 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 118.7 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 148.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.5 %

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 i7-3960X Phenom II X4 945
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 112.7 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 180.3 FPS
Medium settings 271.3 FPS 225.4 FPS
Low settings 339.1 FPS 281.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.9 %
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