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General information Ryzen 7 2700X Core i7-3970X
Launched Q2 2018 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 LGA2011
Series Name AMD Ryzen 7 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Pinnacle Ridge Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 5.4 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 7 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 30 % 150 W 0 %
Lithography 12 nm 62.5 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Data
8 × 64 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 7 2700X Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 58023 0 % 48362 16.7 %
Future Proof 65 % 0 % 28 % 56.9 %
Benchmark Score 11335 0 % 5470 51.7 %
Single Thread Score 2411.3 0 % 1821.6 24.5 %
Encrypting Data 17203.3 MB/s 0 % 2701.4 MB/s 84.3 %
Compressing Data 260 MB/s 0 % 144.1 MB/s 44.6 %
String objects sorting 30974.8 thousand/s 0 % 21380.7 thousand/s 31 %
Prime numbers generation 41.4 millions/s 0 % 39.7 millions/s 4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63423.3 millions/s 0 % 32016.7 millions/s 49.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 32483.5 millions/s 0 % 12749 millions/s 60.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 7 2700X, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Ryzen 7 2700X Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.1 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 203.3 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 254.1 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 317.7 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.6 %

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 Ryzen 7 2700X Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.8 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 244.5 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 305.6 FPS 271.4 FPS
Low settings 382.0 FPS 339.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.2 %
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