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General information Core i7-3970X A8-9600
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD A8
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Bristol Ridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 11.4 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 15 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 65 W 56.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 28 nm 12.5 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 96 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X A8-9600
Overall Score 48362 0 % 38227 21 %
Future Proof 28 % 52.5 % 59 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 2135 61 %
Single Thread Score 1827.1 0 % 1478.6 19.1 %
Encrypting Data 2712.2 MB/s 0 % 1027.9 MB/s 62.1 %
Compressing Data 144.2 MB/s 0 % 54.3 MB/s 62.3 %
String objects sorting 21423.6 thousand/s 0 % 5938.3 thousand/s 72.3 %
Prime numbers generation 39.8 millions/s 0 % 10.9 millions/s 72.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31984.5 millions/s 0 % 17935 millions/s 43.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12800 millions/s 0 % 5519.2 millions/s 56.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, A8-9600.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X A8-9600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 68.3 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 109.2 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 136.5 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 170.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.6 %

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 A8-9600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 117.9 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 188.7 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 235.9 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 294.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.1 %
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