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General information Core i7-3960X Phenom II X2 545
Launched Q4 2011 Q3 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM2+
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD Phenom II X2
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Callisto
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 80 W 38.5 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
2 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3960X Phenom II X2 545
Overall Score 48178 0 % 29749 38.3 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 14 % 48.1 %
Benchmark Score 5388 0 % 783 85.5 %
Single Thread Score 1799.8 0 % 1188.9 33.9 %
Encrypting Data 2577.8 MB/s 0 % 1790.8 MB/s 30.5 %
Compressing Data 138.5 MB/s 0 % 24.9 MB/s 82 %
String objects sorting 20923 thousand/s 0 % 3324.2 thousand/s 84.1 %
Prime numbers generation 42.3 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 76.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 33259.7 millions/s 0 % 3415.8 millions/s 89.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12238.2 millions/s 0 % 2577 millions/s 78.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Phenom II X2 545.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Phenom II X2 545
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 97.9 FPS 43.3 FPS
High settings 156.7 FPS 69.3 FPS
Medium settings 195.9 FPS 86.7 FPS
Low settings 244.8 FPS 108.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 55.8 %

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 Phenom II X2 545
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.0 FPS 103.1 FPS
High settings 217.6 FPS 165.0 FPS
Medium settings 271.9 FPS 206.2 FPS
Low settings 339.9 FPS 257.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.2 %
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