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General information Core i7-3960X Core i7-3930K
Launched Q4 2011 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 2.6 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3960X Core i7-3930K
Overall Score 48394 0 % 48113 0.6 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 27 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5485 0 % 5359 2.3 %
Single Thread Score 1786.2 0 % 1737 2.8 %
Encrypting Data 2545.1 MB/s 0 % 2524 MB/s 0.8 %
Compressing Data 137.3 MB/s 0 % 135.5 MB/s 1.3 %
String objects sorting 21047 thousand/s 0 % 20523.6 thousand/s 2.5 %
Prime numbers generation 41.7 millions/s 0 % 38 millions/s 8.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32661.4 millions/s 0 % 32241.4 millions/s 1.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12359.9 millions/s 0 % 11922 millions/s 3.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Core i7-3930K.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Core i7-3930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.0 FPS 97.1 FPS
High settings 156.8 FPS 155.4 FPS
Medium settings 196.0 FPS 194.3 FPS
Low settings 245.0 FPS 242.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 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 i7-3960X Core i7-3930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.5 FPS 135.1 FPS
High settings 216.9 FPS 216.1 FPS
Medium settings 271.1 FPS 270.1 FPS
Low settings 338.9 FPS 337.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %
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