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Intel logo Core i7-970
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General information Core i7-970 Core i3-8300
Launched Q3 2010 Q2 2018
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 13.5 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 62 W 52.3 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-970 Core i3-8300
Overall Score 45192 0 % 44768 0.9 %
Future Proof 20 % 69.2 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4171 0 % 4017 3.7 %
Single Thread Score 1455.3 36.1 % 2279.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2496 MB/s 0 % 1877.8 MB/s 24.8 %
Compressing Data 110.3 MB/s 0 % 82.1 MB/s 25.6 %
String objects sorting 14955.2 thousand/s 0 % 10184.3 thousand/s 31.9 %
Prime numbers generation 29 millions/s 19.3 % 36 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27949.3 millions/s 0 % 16395.2 millions/s 41.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11651.3 millions/s 18.3 % 14253.1 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 i3-8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-970 Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 89.4 FPS 88.1 FPS
High settings 143.0 FPS 141.0 FPS
Medium settings 178.7 FPS 176.3 FPS
Low settings 223.4 FPS 220.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %

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 i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.7 FPS 130.0 FPS
High settings 209.2 FPS 208.0 FPS
Medium settings 261.5 FPS 260.0 FPS
Low settings 326.8 FPS 325.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.6 %
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