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General information Core i7-3970X Phenom II X4 925
Launched Q1 2012 Q1 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 % 2.8 GHz 20 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X Phenom II X4 925
Overall Score 48355 0 % 34730 28.2 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 11 % 60.7 %
Benchmark Score 5467 0 % 1455 73.4 %
Single Thread Score 1851.5 0 % 1147.4 38 %
Encrypting Data 2687.8 MB/s 19.4 % 3333.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 142.2 MB/s 0 % 47.5 MB/s 66.6 %
String objects sorting 21238.1 thousand/s 0 % 6297.8 thousand/s 70.3 %
Prime numbers generation 41.1 millions/s 0 % 13.9 millions/s 66.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32496.2 millions/s 0 % 6668.2 millions/s 79.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12812.4 millions/s 0 % 4984.8 millions/s 61.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Phenom II X4 925.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Phenom II X4 925
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.5 FPS 58.0 FPS
High settings 157.6 FPS 92.8 FPS
Medium settings 196.9 FPS 116.0 FPS
Low settings 246.2 FPS 145.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.1 %

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 Phenom II X4 925
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.3 FPS 112.0 FPS
High settings 218.1 FPS 179.2 FPS
Medium settings 272.6 FPS 224.0 FPS
Low settings 340.8 FPS 280.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.8 %
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