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Intel logo Core i7-970
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Intel Core i7-970 logo Intel Core i5-6600 logo
General information Core i7-970 Core i5-6600
Launched Q3 2010 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Gulftown Skylake-S
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 10.3 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-970 Core i5-6600
Overall Score 45369 0 % 44468 2 %
Future Proof 20 % 59.2 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4237 0 % 3910 7.7 %
Single Thread Score 1468.5 34.9 % 2256.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 2518.5 MB/s 0 % 1798 MB/s 28.6 %
Compressing Data 109.8 MB/s 0 % 81.6 MB/s 25.7 %
String objects sorting 15121.2 thousand/s 0 % 10082.5 thousand/s 33.3 %
Prime numbers generation 28.9 millions/s 0 % 28.8 millions/s 0.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27478.4 millions/s 0 % 15859 millions/s 42.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11546.6 millions/s 14.5 % 13510.2 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-970, Core i5-6600.

Average frames per second Core i7-970 Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 89.4 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 143.1 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 178.9 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 223.6 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.9 %

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 i7-970 Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.5 FPS 128.9 FPS
High settings 208.8 FPS 206.3 FPS
Medium settings 261.1 FPS 257.9 FPS
Low settings 326.3 FPS 322.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %
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