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General information Core i7-970 Xeon E3-1230
Launched Q3 2010 Q2 2011
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Gulftown Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 80 W 38.5 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
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 Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-970 Xeon E3-1230
Overall Score 45369 0 % 42633 6 %
Future Proof 20 % 16.7 % 24 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4237 0 % 3304 22 %
Single Thread Score 1474.3 10.6 % 1648.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 2486 MB/s 0 % 1530.2 MB/s 38.4 %
Compressing Data 109.3 MB/s 0 % 84.9 MB/s 22.3 %
String objects sorting 15045.7 thousand/s 0 % 12665.6 thousand/s 15.8 %
Prime numbers generation 29.1 millions/s 0 % 24 millions/s 17.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27561.5 millions/s 0 % 19782.8 millions/s 28.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11709.4 millions/s 0 % 7461.1 millions/s 36.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-970, Xeon E3-1230.

Average frames per second Core i7-970 Xeon E3-1230
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 89.4 FPS 81.4 FPS
High settings 143.1 FPS 130.2 FPS
Medium settings 178.9 FPS 162.7 FPS
Low settings 223.6 FPS 203.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 9 %

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 Xeon E3-1230
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.5 FPS 125.6 FPS
High settings 208.7 FPS 201.0 FPS
Medium settings 260.9 FPS 251.2 FPS
Low settings 326.1 FPS 314.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.7 %
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