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General information Core i7-3970X Athlon II X4 630
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD Athlon II X4
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Propus
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 20 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 95 W 36.7 %
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
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X Athlon II X4 630
Overall Score 48362 0 % 34252 29.2 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 14 % 50 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 1376 74.8 %
Single Thread Score 1845.5 0 % 1130.7 38.7 %
Encrypting Data 2706.8 MB/s 13.9 % 3143.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 144.4 MB/s 0 % 46.7 MB/s 67.7 %
String objects sorting 21616.6 thousand/s 0 % 5996.4 thousand/s 72.3 %
Prime numbers generation 40.2 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 77.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32113 millions/s 0 % 6539.3 millions/s 79.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12749 millions/s 0 % 4746.7 millions/s 62.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Athlon II X4 630.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Athlon II X4 630
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 56.5 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 90.4 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 113.0 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 141.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.6 %

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 Athlon II X4 630
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 110.9 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 177.5 FPS
Medium settings 271.4 FPS 221.9 FPS
Low settings 339.3 FPS 277.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.3 %
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