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General information Core i7-3970X Core i3-2130
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 2.9 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 65 W 56.7 %
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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3970X Core i3-2130
Overall Score 48362 0 % 33876 30 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 26 % 7.1 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 1317 75.9 %
Single Thread Score 1823.4 0 % 1557.9 14.6 %
Encrypting Data 2706.8 MB/s 10 % 3007.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 144.8 MB/s 0 % 43 MB/s 70.3 %
String objects sorting 21638 thousand/s 0 % 6373.5 thousand/s 70.5 %
Prime numbers generation 40 millions/s 0 % 11.9 millions/s 70.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31952.4 millions/s 0 % 9781.1 millions/s 69.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12621.5 millions/s 0 % 3749.4 millions/s 70.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Core i3-2130.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Core i3-2130
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 55.4 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 88.6 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 110.7 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 138.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.7 %

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 i3-2130
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 110.3 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 176.5 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 220.6 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 275.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.8 %
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