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General information Core i7-4960X Core i3-4170
Launched Q1 2013 Q2 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.6 GHz 2.7 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 54 W 58.5 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-4960X Core i3-4170
Overall Score 50541 0 % 39048 22.7 %
Future Proof 34 % 27.7 % 47 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 2325 64.4 %
Single Thread Score 2084.1 0 % 2078.5 0.3 %
Encrypting Data 2983 MB/s 43.9 % 5318.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 162.9 MB/s 0 % 51.7 MB/s 68.2 %
String objects sorting 23175.1 thousand/s 0 % 7278.5 thousand/s 68.6 %
Prime numbers generation 47.5 millions/s 0 % 14.9 millions/s 68.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37287.2 millions/s 0 % 12566.4 millions/s 66.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18514.3 millions/s 0 % 6349.6 millions/s 65.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Core i3-4170.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Core i3-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 70.7 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 113.1 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 141.3 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 176.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 32.6 %

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 i7-4960X Core i3-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.5 FPS 119.3 FPS
High settings 223.2 FPS 190.9 FPS
Medium settings 279.0 FPS 238.6 FPS
Low settings 348.8 FPS 298.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.5 %
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