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General information Core i7-3970X A10-7890K
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 FM2+
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD A10
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Godavari
Clock 3.5 GHz 14.6 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 7 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 95 W 36.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 28 nm 12.5 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 96 kB Instruction
4 × 16 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X A10-7890K
Overall Score 48376 0 % 38846 19.7 %
Future Proof 28 % 47.2 % 53 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5477 0 % 2277 58.4 %
Single Thread Score 1825.6 0 % 1570.7 14 %
Encrypting Data 2702.5 MB/s 47.5 % 5146.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 142.8 MB/s 0 % 58.9 MB/s 58.8 %
String objects sorting 21433.4 thousand/s 0 % 6854.7 thousand/s 68 %
Prime numbers generation 40.1 millions/s 0 % 13 millions/s 67.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32290.6 millions/s 0 % 20941.8 millions/s 35.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12604.7 millions/s 0 % 5780 millions/s 54.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, A10-7890K.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X A10-7890K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.4 FPS 70.1 FPS
High settings 157.4 FPS 112.1 FPS
Medium settings 196.8 FPS 140.1 FPS
Low settings 246.0 FPS 175.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.8 %

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 A10-7890K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 119.0 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 190.3 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 237.9 FPS
Low settings 339.4 FPS 297.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.4 %
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