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General information Core i7-3970X Pentium G4520
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Pentium
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 51 W 66 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
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 No
Performance Core i7-3970X Pentium G4520
Overall Score 48362 0 % 36372 24.8 %
Future Proof 28 % 44 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 1750 68 %
Single Thread Score 1847.4 7.4 % 1993.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 2674.6 MB/s 33.7 % 4036.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 145.1 MB/s 0 % 38 MB/s 73.8 %
String objects sorting 21359.2 thousand/s 0 % 4816.8 thousand/s 77.4 %
Prime numbers generation 40 millions/s 0 % 14.9 millions/s 62.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31824 millions/s 0 % 7628 millions/s 76 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12698 millions/s 0 % 6560.6 millions/s 48.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Pentium G4520.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Pentium G4520
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 62.8 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 100.4 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 125.5 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 156.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.2 %

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 Pentium G4520
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.9 FPS 114.7 FPS
High settings 217.4 FPS 183.5 FPS
Medium settings 271.7 FPS 229.4 FPS
Low settings 339.7 FPS 286.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.6 %
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