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General information Core i7-3970X FX-4170
Launched Q1 2012 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD FX
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Zambezi
Clock 3.5 GHz 16.7 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 7 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 125 W 16.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X FX-4170
Overall Score 48362 0 % 37424 22.6 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 1962 64.1 %
Single Thread Score 1838.2 0 % 1465.5 20.3 %
Encrypting Data 2682.6 MB/s 39.9 % 4465.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 143.7 MB/s 0 % 49.6 MB/s 65.5 %
String objects sorting 21252 thousand/s 0 % 6520.5 thousand/s 69.3 %
Prime numbers generation 39.9 millions/s 0 % 18.1 millions/s 54.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32369.9 millions/s 0 % 10357 millions/s 68 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12851 millions/s 0 % 5438.4 millions/s 57.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, FX-4170.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 65.9 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 105.4 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 131.7 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 164.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 33 %

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 FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 116.5 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 186.4 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 233.0 FPS
Low settings 339.4 FPS 291.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.2 %
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