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General information Core i7-3970X FX-8310
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD FX
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Vishera
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 2.9 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 7 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 95 W 36.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
8 × 16 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X FX-8310
Overall Score 48362 0 % 42715 11.7 %
Future Proof 28 % 36.4 % 44 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 3329 39.1 %
Single Thread Score 1827.1 0 % 1413.2 22.7 %
Encrypting Data 2712.2 MB/s 0 % 1516.8 MB/s 44.1 %
Compressing Data 144.2 MB/s 0 % 89.9 MB/s 37.7 %
String objects sorting 21423.6 thousand/s 0 % 11654.3 thousand/s 45.6 %
Prime numbers generation 39.8 millions/s 0 % 29 millions/s 27.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31984.5 millions/s 13.8 % 37125.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12800 millions/s 0 % 8817.7 millions/s 31.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, FX-8310.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X FX-8310
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 81.6 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 130.6 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 163.2 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 204.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 17 %

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 FX-8310
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 125.8 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 201.3 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 251.7 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 314.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.3 %
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