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General information Core i7-3970X Pentium G4600
Launched Q1 2012 Q1 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Pentium
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3970X Pentium G4600
Overall Score 48362 0 % 39143 19.1 %
Future Proof 28 % 50.9 % 57 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 2348 57.1 %
Single Thread Score 1823.4 16.9 % 2193.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 2706.8 MB/s 0 % 1354.3 MB/s 50 %
Compressing Data 144.8 MB/s 0 % 53.5 MB/s 63 %
String objects sorting 21638 thousand/s 0 % 7124.7 thousand/s 67.1 %
Prime numbers generation 40 millions/s 0 % 14.1 millions/s 64.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31952.4 millions/s 0 % 12446.5 millions/s 61 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12621.5 millions/s 0 % 7863.7 millions/s 37.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Pentium G4600.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Pentium G4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 70.9 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 113.5 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 141.9 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 177.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.9 %

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 i7-3970X Pentium G4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 119.5 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 191.3 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 239.1 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 298.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 12 %
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