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General information Core i7-870 FX-4170
Launched Q3 2009 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1156 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD FX
Core Family Name Lynnfield Zambezi
Clock 2.9 GHz 31 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 16.3 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 24 % 125 W 0 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-870 FX-4170
Overall Score 37778 0 % 37515 0.7 %
Future Proof 14 % 50 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2037 0 % 1981 2.7 %
Single Thread Score 1370.2 5.7 % 1453.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 4368 MB/s 0 % 4226.4 MB/s 3.2 %
Compressing Data 66.8 MB/s 0 % 49.6 MB/s 25.7 %
String objects sorting 9227.2 thousand/s 0 % 6474.9 thousand/s 29.8 %
Prime numbers generation 21.1 millions/s 0 % 18.1 millions/s 13.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17057 millions/s 0 % 10305.3 millions/s 39.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7336.6 millions/s 0 % 5368.2 millions/s 26.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-870, FX-4170.

Average frames per second Core i7-870 FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 66.6 FPS 65.8 FPS
High settings 106.6 FPS 105.3 FPS
Medium settings 133.2 FPS 131.7 FPS
Low settings 166.6 FPS 164.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %

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 i7-870 FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.8 FPS 116.4 FPS
High settings 186.9 FPS 186.2 FPS
Medium settings 233.6 FPS 232.7 FPS
Low settings 292.1 FPS 290.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %
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