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General information Core i7-3960X Athlon II X3 460
Launched Q4 2011 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD Athlon II X3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Rana
Clock 3.3 GHz 2.9 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 3 50 %
Threads 12 0 % 3 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 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 × 512 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3960X Athlon II X3 460
Overall Score 48283 0 % 33755 30.1 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 26 % 3.7 %
Benchmark Score 5435 0 % 1298 76.1 %
Single Thread Score 1801.6 0 % 1381.1 23.3 %
Encrypting Data 2585.5 MB/s 12.5 % 2955.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 137.7 MB/s 0 % 44.5 MB/s 67.7 %
String objects sorting 20838.9 thousand/s 0 % 5743.2 thousand/s 72.4 %
Prime numbers generation 42.4 millions/s 0 % 7.9 millions/s 81.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 33160.8 millions/s 0 % 6298.6 millions/s 81 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12324.1 millions/s 0 % 4450.1 millions/s 63.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Athlon II X3 460.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Athlon II X3 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 55.0 FPS
High settings 157.0 FPS 88.0 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 110.0 FPS
Low settings 245.3 FPS 137.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.9 %

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 Athlon II X3 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.5 FPS 110.0 FPS
High settings 216.8 FPS 175.9 FPS
Medium settings 271.1 FPS 219.9 FPS
Low settings 338.8 FPS 274.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.9 %
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