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General information Core i7-3970X Core i3-8350K
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3.5 GHz 12.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 91 W 39.3 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X Core i3-8350K
Overall Score 48376 0 % 45896 5.1 %
Future Proof 28 % 54.8 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5477 0 % 4437 19 %
Single Thread Score 1840.3 26.3 % 2497.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 2678.2 MB/s 0 % 1967.1 MB/s 26.6 %
Compressing Data 144.3 MB/s 0 % 90 MB/s 37.6 %
String objects sorting 21561.9 thousand/s 0 % 11489.5 thousand/s 46.7 %
Prime numbers generation 39.6 millions/s 0 % 39.1 millions/s 1.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32290.6 millions/s 0 % 18106.1 millions/s 43.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12655.6 millions/s 17.3 % 15305 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Core i3-8350K.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Core i3-8350K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.4 FPS 91.0 FPS
High settings 157.4 FPS 145.6 FPS
Medium settings 196.8 FPS 182.0 FPS
Low settings 246.0 FPS 227.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.5 %

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 i3-8350K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 131.3 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 210.0 FPS
Medium settings 271.3 FPS 262.5 FPS
Low settings 339.1 FPS 328.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.2 %
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