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General information Core i7-3970X Phenom II X4 805
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD Phenom II X4
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Deneb
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 28.6 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 95 W 36.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X Phenom II X4 805
Overall Score 48362 0 % 33547 30.6 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 13 % 53.6 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 1267 76.8 %
Single Thread Score 1827.1 0 % 1025.1 43.9 %
Encrypting Data 2712.2 MB/s 5.4 % 2866.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 144.2 MB/s 0 % 43.7 MB/s 69.7 %
String objects sorting 21423.6 thousand/s 0 % 5565.7 thousand/s 74 %
Prime numbers generation 39.8 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 74.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31984.5 millions/s 0 % 5962.8 millions/s 81.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12800 millions/s 0 % 4351.4 millions/s 66 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Phenom II X4 805.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Phenom II X4 805
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 54.4 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 87.1 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 108.9 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 136.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.6 %

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 II X4 805
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 109.7 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 175.5 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 219.4 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 274.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.2 %
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