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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1220 v6
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 14.3 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 12.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 72 W 52 %
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 Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1220 v6
Overall Score 48376 0 % 43921 9.2 %
Future Proof 28 % 54.8 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5477 0 % 3721 32.1 %
Single Thread Score 1840.3 1.8 % 1873.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 2678.2 MB/s 0 % 1724.4 MB/s 35.6 %
Compressing Data 144.3 MB/s 0 % 74.5 MB/s 48.4 %
String objects sorting 21561.9 thousand/s 0 % 9443.8 thousand/s 56.2 %
Prime numbers generation 39.6 millions/s 0 % 33.2 millions/s 16.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32290.6 millions/s 0 % 15125 millions/s 53.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12655.6 millions/s 0.4 % 12709.6 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E3-1220 v6.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1220 v6
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.4 FPS 85.2 FPS
High settings 157.4 FPS 136.2 FPS
Medium settings 196.8 FPS 170.3 FPS
Low settings 246.0 FPS 212.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.4 %

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 Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1220 v6
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 127.8 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 204.4 FPS
Medium settings 271.3 FPS 255.6 FPS
Low settings 339.1 FPS 319.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.8 %
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