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General information Core i7-3970X Athlon II X2 265
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD Athlon II X2
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Regor
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 65 W 56.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
2 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X Athlon II X2 265
Overall Score 48385 0 % 30072 37.8 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 21 % 25 %
Benchmark Score 5481 0 % 818 85.1 %
Single Thread Score 1826.3 0 % 1346.6 26.3 %
Encrypting Data 2711.5 MB/s 0 % 1867.3 MB/s 31.1 %
Compressing Data 142.4 MB/s 0 % 27.4 MB/s 80.8 %
String objects sorting 21283.1 thousand/s 0 % 3644.3 thousand/s 82.9 %
Prime numbers generation 40.9 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 85.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32118.6 millions/s 0 % 3877.5 millions/s 87.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12739.4 millions/s 0 % 2900.5 millions/s 77.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Athlon II X2 265.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Athlon II X2 265
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 70.5 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 88.1 FPS
Low settings 245.8 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 55.2 %

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 X2 265
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.5 FPS 103.4 FPS
High settings 216.9 FPS 165.5 FPS
Medium settings 271.1 FPS 206.8 FPS
Low settings 338.8 FPS 258.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.7 %
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