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General information Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Core i3-3240
Launched Q4 2019 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket sTRX4 LGA1155
Series Name AMD Threadripper Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Castle Peak Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 8.1 %
Cores 32 0 % 2 93.8 %
Threads 64 0 % 4 93.8 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 W 0 % 55 W 80.4 %
Lithography 7 nm 68.2 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 32 × 32 kB Instruction
32 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 32 × 512 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 8 × 16 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Core i3-3240
Overall Score 79975 0 % 34981 56.3 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 28 % 61.6 %
Benchmark Score 40909 0 % 1497 96.3 %
Single Thread Score 2656.3 0 % 1771.7 33.3 %
Encrypting Data 74591.2 MB/s 0 % 3446.6 MB/s 95.4 %
Compressing Data 1131.3 MB/s 0 % 45.9 MB/s 95.9 %
String objects sorting 122590 thousand/s 0 % 6428.2 thousand/s 94.8 %
Prime numbers generation 350.2 millions/s 0 % 13.1 millions/s 96.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 263013 millions/s 0 % 10340.2 millions/s 96.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 155107 millions/s 0 % 5278 millions/s 96.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 3970X, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 192.3 FPS 58.6 FPS
High settings 307.7 FPS 93.8 FPS
Medium settings 384.7 FPS 117.2 FPS
Low settings 480.8 FPS 146.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 69.5 %

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 Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 191.4 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 306.2 FPS 179.5 FPS
Medium settings 382.7 FPS 224.3 FPS
Low settings 478.4 FPS 280.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.4 %
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