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General information Core i7-3970X Core i3-550
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Clarkdale
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 73 W 51.3 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3970X Core i3-550
Overall Score 48362 0 % 31916 34 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 18 % 35.7 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 1038 81 %
Single Thread Score 1838.2 0 % 1346.4 26.8 %
Encrypting Data 2682.6 MB/s 0 % 2378.7 MB/s 11.3 %
Compressing Data 143.7 MB/s 0 % 34 MB/s 76.3 %
String objects sorting 21252 thousand/s 0 % 4753.9 thousand/s 77.6 %
Prime numbers generation 39.9 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 74.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32369.9 millions/s 0 % 8443.6 millions/s 73.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12851 millions/s 0 % 3687.9 millions/s 71.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Core i3-550.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 49.6 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 79.4 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 99.2 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 124.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 49.5 %

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 i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 106.8 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 170.9 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 213.7 FPS
Low settings 339.4 FPS 267.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.3 %
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