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Intel logo Core i7-970
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General information Core i7-970 Xeon E5-2420
Launched Q3 2010 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1356
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 1.9 GHz 40.6 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 31.4 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Performance Core i7-970 Xeon E5-2420
Overall Score 45369 0 % 42470 6.4 %
Future Proof 20 % 33.3 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4237 0 % 3253 23.2 %
Single Thread Score 1474.3 0 % 1088 26.2 %
Encrypting Data 2486 MB/s 0 % 1522.8 MB/s 38.7 %
Compressing Data 109.3 MB/s 0 % 82.3 MB/s 24.7 %
String objects sorting 15045.7 thousand/s 0 % 12401.7 thousand/s 17.6 %
Prime numbers generation 29.1 millions/s 0 % 27.9 millions/s 4.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27561.5 millions/s 0 % 19376 millions/s 29.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11709.4 millions/s 0 % 7245.2 millions/s 38.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-970, Xeon E5-2420.

Average frames per second Core i7-970 Xeon E5-2420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 89.4 FPS 80.9 FPS
High settings 143.1 FPS 129.4 FPS
Medium settings 178.9 FPS 161.7 FPS
Low settings 223.6 FPS 202.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.6 %

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 E5-2420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.5 FPS 125.3 FPS
High settings 208.7 FPS 200.6 FPS
Medium settings 260.9 FPS 250.7 FPS
Low settings 326.1 FPS 313.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.9 %
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