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General information Core i7-960 FX-4170
Launched Q4 2009 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD FX
Core Family Name Bloomfield Zambezi
Clock 3.2 GHz 23.8 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 18.6 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 125 W 3.8 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-960 FX-4170
Overall Score 38407 0 % 37515 2.3 %
Future Proof 15 % 46.4 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2176 0 % 1981 9 %
Single Thread Score 1452.2 0.1 % 1453.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 4666.2 MB/s 0 % 4226.4 MB/s 9.4 %
Compressing Data 71.4 MB/s 0 % 49.6 MB/s 30.5 %
String objects sorting 9912.8 thousand/s 0 % 6474.9 thousand/s 34.7 %
Prime numbers generation 23.2 millions/s 0 % 18.1 millions/s 21.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18110.1 millions/s 0 % 10305.3 millions/s 43.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7684.6 millions/s 0 % 5368.2 millions/s 30.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-960, FX-4170.

Average frames per second Core i7-960 FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.4 FPS 65.8 FPS
High settings 109.5 FPS 105.3 FPS
Medium settings 136.9 FPS 131.7 FPS
Low settings 171.1 FPS 164.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.8 %

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 i7-960 FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.9 FPS 116.4 FPS
High settings 188.7 FPS 186.2 FPS
Medium settings 235.8 FPS 232.7 FPS
Low settings 294.8 FPS 290.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %
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