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General information Core i7-3970X Phenom II X2 B55
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM3
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 14.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 80 W 46.7 %
Performance Core i7-3970X Phenom II X2 B55
Overall Score 48397 0 % 29573 38.9 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 15 % 46.4 %
Benchmark Score 5486 0 % 765 86.1 %
Single Thread Score 1842.2 0 % 1210.6 34.3 %
Encrypting Data 2672.2 MB/s 0 % 1742.9 MB/s 34.8 %
Compressing Data 143.5 MB/s 0 % 24.2 MB/s 83.1 %
String objects sorting 21381 thousand/s 0 % 3109.7 thousand/s 85.5 %
Prime numbers generation 40.9 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 75.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32192.8 millions/s 0 % 3352.6 millions/s 89.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12699 millions/s 0 % 2462.5 millions/s 80.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Phenom II X2 B55.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Phenom II X2 B55
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.4 FPS 42.7 FPS
High settings 157.5 FPS 68.3 FPS
Medium settings 196.9 FPS 85.3 FPS
Low settings 246.1 FPS 106.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 56.7 %

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 X2 B55
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 102.4 FPS
High settings 217.1 FPS 163.8 FPS
Medium settings 271.4 FPS 204.8 FPS
Low settings 339.3 FPS 256.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.5 %
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