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General information Core i7-3970X A8-5500
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 FM2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD A8
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Trinity
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 7.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 65 W 56.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X A8-5500
Overall Score 48362 0 % 35997 25.6 %
Future Proof 28 % 6.7 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 1679 69.3 %
Single Thread Score 1838.2 0 % 1318.7 28.3 %
Encrypting Data 2682.6 MB/s 30.3 % 3848.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 143.7 MB/s 0 % 42.9 MB/s 70.1 %
String objects sorting 21252 thousand/s 0 % 5391 thousand/s 74.6 %
Prime numbers generation 39.9 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 72.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32369.9 millions/s 0 % 17458 millions/s 46.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12851 millions/s 0 % 4655.9 millions/s 63.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, A8-5500.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X A8-5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 61.6 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 98.6 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 123.3 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 154.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.3 %

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 i7-3970X A8-5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 114.0 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 182.4 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 228.0 FPS
Low settings 339.4 FPS 285.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 16 %
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