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General information Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Core i7-3970X
Launched Q3 2017 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket sTR4 LGA2011
Series Name AMD Threadripper Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Whitehaven Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.4 GHz 2.9 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 12 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 W 0 % 150 W 16.7 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 64 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 32 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 64979 0 % 48362 25.6 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 28 % 53.3 %
Benchmark Score 17827 0 % 5470 69.3 %
Single Thread Score 2287.4 0 % 1845.5 19.3 %
Encrypting Data 30559 MB/s 0 % 2706.8 MB/s 91.1 %
Compressing Data 482 MB/s 0 % 144.4 MB/s 70 %
String objects sorting 54203.4 thousand/s 0 % 21616.6 thousand/s 60.1 %
Prime numbers generation 60.9 millions/s 0 % 40.2 millions/s 34 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 119771 millions/s 0 % 32113 millions/s 73.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 60611.6 millions/s 0 % 12749 millions/s 79 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 1950X, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.7 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 236.4 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 295.5 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 369.3 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.4 %

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 Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.0 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 263.9 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 329.9 FPS 271.4 FPS
Low settings 412.4 FPS 339.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.7 %
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