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General information Core i7-3960X Phenom II X2 B53
Launched Q4 2011 Q4 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM3
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 15.2 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 80 W 38.5 %
Performance Core i7-3960X Phenom II X2 B53
Overall Score 48283 0 % 29281 39.4 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 15 % 44.4 %
Benchmark Score 5435 0 % 735 86.5 %
Single Thread Score 1789 0 % 1166.8 34.8 %
Encrypting Data 2577.8 MB/s 0 % 1681.7 MB/s 34.8 %
Compressing Data 138.4 MB/s 0 % 23.3 MB/s 83.1 %
String objects sorting 20923 thousand/s 0 % 3123.6 thousand/s 85.1 %
Prime numbers generation 41.6 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 78.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32633.4 millions/s 0 % 3275.2 millions/s 90 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12164.5 millions/s 0 % 2405 millions/s 80.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Phenom II X2 B53.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Phenom II X2 B53
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.0 FPS 41.9 FPS
High settings 156.8 FPS 67.0 FPS
Medium settings 196.1 FPS 83.7 FPS
Low settings 245.1 FPS 104.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 57.3 %

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 B53
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.3 FPS 101.9 FPS
High settings 216.5 FPS 163.1 FPS
Medium settings 270.6 FPS 203.9 FPS
Low settings 338.3 FPS 254.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.7 %
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