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General information Core i7-990X Core i3-3220
Launched Q1 2011 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Gulftown Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 55 W 57.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
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 Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-990X Core i3-3220
Overall Score 46297 0 % 34775 24.9 %
Future Proof 23 % 25.8 % 31 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4594 0 % 1462 68.2 %
Single Thread Score 1577.4 8.3 % 1721.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2687.3 MB/s 20 % 3359.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 119.8 MB/s 0 % 45.2 MB/s 62.3 %
String objects sorting 16231.4 thousand/s 0 % 6224.4 thousand/s 61.7 %
Prime numbers generation 32.9 millions/s 0 % 12.9 millions/s 60.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29859.1 millions/s 0 % 9982 millions/s 66.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12542.5 millions/s 0 % 5092.3 millions/s 59.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, Core i3-3220.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Core i3-3220
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.2 FPS 58.0 FPS
High settings 147.5 FPS 92.8 FPS
Medium settings 184.4 FPS 116.0 FPS
Low settings 230.5 FPS 145.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.1 %

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 i3-3220
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.0 FPS 111.8 FPS
High settings 211.2 FPS 178.9 FPS
Medium settings 264.0 FPS 223.6 FPS
Low settings 330.0 FPS 279.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.3 %
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