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General information Core i7-970 Core i3-8100
Launched Q3 2010 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Gulftown Coffee Lake
Clock 3.2 GHz 11.1 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-970 Core i3-8100
Overall Score 45372 0 % 44620 1.7 %
Future Proof 20 % 67.7 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4238 0 % 3964 6.5 %
Single Thread Score 1461.1 34.6 % 2235.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2491 MB/s 0 % 1836 MB/s 26.3 %
Compressing Data 110.4 MB/s 0 % 81.5 MB/s 26.1 %
String objects sorting 14940.1 thousand/s 0 % 10208.3 thousand/s 31.7 %
Prime numbers generation 29.3 millions/s 0 % 28 millions/s 4.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27533.8 millions/s 0 % 16248.7 millions/s 41 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11628 millions/s 15.5 % 13767.8 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-970, Core i3-8100.

Average frames per second Core i7-970 Core i3-8100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 89.4 FPS 87.2 FPS
High settings 143.1 FPS 139.5 FPS
Medium settings 178.9 FPS 174.4 FPS
Low settings 223.6 FPS 217.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.5 %

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 i7-970 Core i3-8100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.3 FPS 129.1 FPS
High settings 208.5 FPS 206.5 FPS
Medium settings 260.7 FPS 258.1 FPS
Low settings 325.8 FPS 322.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 1 %
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