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General information Core i7-3960X FX-6100
Launched Q4 2011 Q4 2011
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 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
3 × 64 kB Data
6 × 16 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3960X FX-6100
Overall Score 48276 0 % 39272 18.7 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 27 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5431 0 % 2379 56.2 %
Single Thread Score 1797 0 % 1325.9 26.2 %
Encrypting Data 2539.9 MB/s 0 % 1140 MB/s 55.1 %
Compressing Data 138.1 MB/s 0 % 60.2 MB/s 56.4 %
String objects sorting 20963 thousand/s 0 % 8101.4 thousand/s 61.4 %
Prime numbers generation 41.9 millions/s 0 % 21.1 millions/s 49.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32925 millions/s 0 % 13340 millions/s 59.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12359.9 millions/s 0 % 6688.7 millions/s 45.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, FX-6100.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X FX-6100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 71.3 FPS
High settings 156.9 FPS 114.1 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 142.7 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 178.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.3 %

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 i7-3960X FX-6100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.6 FPS 119.7 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 191.6 FPS
Medium settings 271.2 FPS 239.5 FPS
Low settings 339.0 FPS 299.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.7 %
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