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General information Core i7-990X Core i3-2120T
Launched Q1 2011 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Gulftown Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.6 GHz 25.7 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 35 W 73.1 %
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 × 12 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-990X Core i3-2120T
Overall Score 46297 0 % 31485 32 %
Future Proof 23 % 11.5 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4594 0 % 983 78.6 %
Single Thread Score 1575.8 0 % 1159 26.5 %
Encrypting Data 2647.3 MB/s 0 % 2237.3 MB/s 15.5 %
Compressing Data 120.2 MB/s 0 % 31.4 MB/s 73.9 %
String objects sorting 16053.2 thousand/s 0 % 4755.7 thousand/s 70.4 %
Prime numbers generation 32.8 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 69.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29384.2 millions/s 0 % 7171 millions/s 75.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12630.2 millions/s 0 % 2880.9 millions/s 77.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, Core i3-2120T.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Core i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.2 FPS 48.3 FPS
High settings 147.5 FPS 77.3 FPS
Medium settings 184.4 FPS 96.6 FPS
Low settings 230.5 FPS 120.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.6 %

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 Core i7-990X Core i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.2 FPS 106.1 FPS
High settings 211.5 FPS 169.8 FPS
Medium settings 264.3 FPS 212.2 FPS
Low settings 330.4 FPS 265.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.7 %
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