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General information Core i7-3970X FX-6200
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 7.9 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 2.4 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
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
3 × 64 kB Instruction
6 × 16 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
3 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X FX-6200
Overall Score 48362 0 % 40362 16.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 2654 51.5 %
Single Thread Score 1856.6 0 % 1403.4 24.4 %
Encrypting Data 2696.1 MB/s 0 % 1267.5 MB/s 53 %
Compressing Data 143.1 MB/s 0 % 65.2 MB/s 54.4 %
String objects sorting 21530.8 thousand/s 0 % 9082.2 thousand/s 57.8 %
Prime numbers generation 39.8 millions/s 0 % 23.2 millions/s 41.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32337.8 millions/s 0 % 14921.4 millions/s 53.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12761.8 millions/s 0 % 7424.2 millions/s 41.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, FX-6200.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X FX-6200
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 74.6 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 119.4 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 149.2 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 186.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.1 %

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-6200
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 121.6 FPS
High settings 217.1 FPS 194.6 FPS
Medium settings 271.4 FPS 243.2 FPS
Low settings 339.2 FPS 304.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.4 %
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