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General information Core i7-3970X Phenom 9600B
Launched Q1 2012 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM2+
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.3 GHz 34.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 95 W 36.7 %
Performance Core i7-3970X Phenom 9600B
Overall Score 48476 0 % 32945 32 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 11 % 60.7 %
Benchmark Score 5522 0 % 1178 78.7 %
Single Thread Score 1857.4 0 % 939.6 49.4 %
Encrypting Data 2718.5 MB/s 0 % 2676.1 MB/s 1.6 %
Compressing Data 144 MB/s 0 % 40.9 MB/s 71.6 %
String objects sorting 21313.4 thousand/s 0 % 5145.9 thousand/s 75.9 %
Prime numbers generation 41.7 millions/s 0 % 7.9 millions/s 81 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32531.9 millions/s 0 % 5750.9 millions/s 82.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12719.7 millions/s 0 % 4197.2 millions/s 67 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Phenom 9600B.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Phenom 9600B
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.7 FPS 52.6 FPS
High settings 157.9 FPS 84.2 FPS
Medium settings 197.4 FPS 105.3 FPS
Low settings 246.7 FPS 131.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 46.7 %

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 Phenom 9600B
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 108.4 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 173.4 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 216.8 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 271.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.2 %
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