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General information Core i7-3970X A6-3500
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 FM1
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD A6
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Llano
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 40 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 40 %
Cores 6 0 % 3 50 %
Threads 12 0 % 3 75 %
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
3 × 64 kB Instruction
3 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
3 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X A6-3500
Overall Score 48476 0 % 30938 36.2 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 26 % 7.1 %
Benchmark Score 5522 0 % 916 83.4 %
Single Thread Score 1848.2 0 % 960.1 48 %
Encrypting Data 2683.4 MB/s 0 % 2077.1 MB/s 22.6 %
Compressing Data 143.7 MB/s 0 % 29.3 MB/s 79.6 %
String objects sorting 21420.4 thousand/s 0 % 3716.6 thousand/s 82.6 %
Prime numbers generation 41.6 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 80.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32434.5 millions/s 0 % 4075.3 millions/s 87.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12668.9 millions/s 0 % 3029 millions/s 76.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, A6-3500.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X A6-3500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.7 FPS 46.7 FPS
High settings 157.9 FPS 74.7 FPS
Medium settings 197.4 FPS 93.4 FPS
Low settings 246.7 FPS 116.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 52.7 %

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 A6-3500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 104.9 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 167.9 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 209.9 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 262.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.7 %
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