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General information Core i7-3970X Core i3-6320
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.5 GHz 10.3 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
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 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3970X Core i3-6320
Overall Score 48362 0 % 41321 14.6 %
Future Proof 28 % 44 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 2915 46.7 %
Single Thread Score 1838.2 20.5 % 2312.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 2682.6 MB/s 0 % 1503.4 MB/s 44 %
Compressing Data 143.7 MB/s 0 % 59.4 MB/s 58.7 %
String objects sorting 21252 thousand/s 0 % 7630.9 thousand/s 64.1 %
Prime numbers generation 39.9 millions/s 0 % 17 millions/s 57.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32369.9 millions/s 0 % 13355.2 millions/s 58.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12851 millions/s 0 % 8176.6 millions/s 36.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Core i3-6320.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Core i3-6320
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 77.4 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 123.9 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 154.8 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 193.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.3 %

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 Core i3-6320
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 123.4 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 197.4 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 246.7 FPS
Low settings 339.4 FPS 308.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.1 %
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