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General information Core i7-3970X Core i3-7320
Launched Q1 2012 Q1 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3.5 GHz 14.6 % 4.1 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 No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3970X Core i3-7320
Overall Score 48362 0 % 42068 13 %
Future Proof 28 % 50.9 % 57 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 3132 42.7 %
Single Thread Score 1827.1 27.2 % 2509 0 %
Encrypting Data 2712.2 MB/s 0 % 1579.5 MB/s 41.8 %
Compressing Data 144.2 MB/s 0 % 63.6 MB/s 55.9 %
String objects sorting 21423.6 thousand/s 0 % 8348.7 thousand/s 61 %
Prime numbers generation 39.8 millions/s 0 % 18 millions/s 54.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31984.5 millions/s 0 % 14496.8 millions/s 54.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12800 millions/s 0 % 8962 millions/s 30 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Core i3-7320.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Core i3-7320
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 79.7 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 127.5 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 159.3 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 199.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 19 %

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 i3-7320
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 124.7 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 199.5 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 249.4 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 311.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.2 %
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