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General information Core i7-970 FX-8350
Launched Q3 2010 Q4 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD FX
Core Family Name Gulftown Vishera
Clock 3.2 GHz 20 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 16.7 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 125 W 3.8 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
8 × 16 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-970 FX-8350
Overall Score 45479 0 % 44597 1.9 %
Future Proof 20 % 39.4 % 33 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4278 0 % 3956 7.5 %
Single Thread Score 1471.4 7.7 % 1593.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 2493.5 MB/s 0 % 1876.9 MB/s 24.7 %
Compressing Data 110.6 MB/s 0 % 102.3 MB/s 7.5 %
String objects sorting 15166.5 thousand/s 0 % 12938.5 thousand/s 14.7 %
Prime numbers generation 29.2 millions/s 3.2 % 30.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27921.6 millions/s 32.4 % 41274.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11581.5 millions/s 0 % 10989 millions/s 5.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-970, FX-8350.

Average frames per second Core i7-970 FX-8350
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 89.4 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 143.0 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 178.8 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 223.5 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.9 %

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 FX-8350
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.4 FPS 128.9 FPS
High settings 208.7 FPS 206.2 FPS
Medium settings 260.8 FPS 257.7 FPS
Low settings 326.0 FPS 322.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %
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