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General information Core i7-3970X Athlon II X4 631
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 FM1
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD Athlon II X4
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Llano
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.6 GHz 25.7 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 100 W 33.3 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 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
1 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X Athlon II X4 631
Overall Score 48376 0 % 34336 29 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 26 % 7.1 %
Benchmark Score 5477 0 % 1390 74.6 %
Single Thread Score 1825.6 0 % 1108.8 39.3 %
Encrypting Data 2702.5 MB/s 14.3 % 3154.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 142.8 MB/s 0 % 46.5 MB/s 67.4 %
String objects sorting 21433.4 thousand/s 0 % 5963.1 thousand/s 72.2 %
Prime numbers generation 40.1 millions/s 0 % 10.9 millions/s 72.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32290.6 millions/s 0 % 6347.7 millions/s 80.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12604.7 millions/s 0 % 5005.7 millions/s 60.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Athlon II X4 631.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Athlon II X4 631
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.4 FPS 56.7 FPS
High settings 157.4 FPS 90.8 FPS
Medium settings 196.8 FPS 113.5 FPS
Low settings 246.0 FPS 141.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.3 %

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 Athlon II X4 631
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 111.0 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 177.6 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 222.0 FPS
Low settings 339.4 FPS 277.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.2 %
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