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General information Core i7-970 Core i3-2120T
Launched Q3 2010 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Gulftown Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.6 GHz 18.8 %
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 i7-970 Core i3-2120T
Overall Score 45369 0 % 31485 30.6 %
Future Proof 20 % 23.1 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4237 0 % 983 76.8 %
Single Thread Score 1458.2 0 % 1156.7 20.7 %
Encrypting Data 2508.5 MB/s 0 % 2237.3 MB/s 10.8 %
Compressing Data 110.2 MB/s 0 % 31.9 MB/s 71.1 %
String objects sorting 15075.9 thousand/s 0 % 4750.9 thousand/s 68.5 %
Prime numbers generation 29.2 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 65.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27616.9 millions/s 0 % 7228.4 millions/s 73.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11674.5 millions/s 0 % 2883.7 millions/s 75.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-970, Core i3-2120T.

Average frames per second Core i7-970 Core i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 89.4 FPS 48.3 FPS
High settings 143.1 FPS 77.3 FPS
Medium settings 178.9 FPS 96.6 FPS
Low settings 223.6 FPS 120.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 46 %

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 i7-970 Core i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.5 FPS 106.0 FPS
High settings 208.8 FPS 169.6 FPS
Medium settings 261.0 FPS 212.0 FPS
Low settings 326.2 FPS 265.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.7 %
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