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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1280 v5
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Skylake-H
Clock 3.5 GHz 5.4 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 80 W 46.7 %
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 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1280 v5
Overall Score 48363 0 % 48274 0.2 %
Future Proof 28 % 47.2 % 53 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5471 0 % 5431 0.7 %
Single Thread Score 1834.5 20.9 % 2319.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 2682.6 MB/s 8.6 % 2934.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 143.2 MB/s 0 % 111.3 MB/s 22.3 %
String objects sorting 21294.9 thousand/s 0 % 14810.1 thousand/s 30.5 %
Prime numbers generation 39.7 millions/s 0 % 30 millions/s 24.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32177.2 millions/s 0 % 26561.4 millions/s 17.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12800 millions/s 21.9 % 16384.1 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E3-1280 v5.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1280 v5
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 157.4 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %

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 Xeon E3-1280 v5
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.0 FPS 135.8 FPS
High settings 217.5 FPS 217.3 FPS
Medium settings 271.9 FPS 271.6 FPS
Low settings 339.9 FPS 339.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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