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General information Core i7-920 A8-3870K
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 FM1
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD A8
Core Family Name Bloomfield Llano
Clock 2.7 GHz 10 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 100 W 23.1 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-920 A8-3870K
Overall Score 36875 0 % 35009 5.1 %
Future Proof 10 % 63 % 27 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1849 0 % 1502 18.8 %
Single Thread Score 1218.4 0 % 1197.6 1.7 %
Encrypting Data 3964.8 MB/s 0 % 3240.7 MB/s 18.3 %
Compressing Data 60.9 MB/s 0 % 50.5 MB/s 17.1 %
String objects sorting 8389 thousand/s 0 % 6346.3 thousand/s 24.4 %
Prime numbers generation 21.8 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 54.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14913 millions/s 0 % 6950.6 millions/s 53.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6398.8 millions/s 0 % 5329 millions/s 16.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-920, A8-3870K.

Average frames per second Core i7-920 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 63.9 FPS 58.5 FPS
High settings 102.3 FPS 93.5 FPS
Medium settings 127.8 FPS 116.9 FPS
Low settings 159.8 FPS 146.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.5 %

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 Core i7-920 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.2 FPS 111.9 FPS
High settings 184.4 FPS 179.1 FPS
Medium settings 230.5 FPS 223.8 FPS
Low settings 288.1 FPS 279.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.9 %
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