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General information Core i7-3960X Xeon X3470
Launched Q4 2011 Q3 2010
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1156
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 12.1 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 7.7 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Performance Core i7-3960X Xeon X3470
Overall Score 48276 0 % 38096 21.1 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 20 % 25.9 %
Benchmark Score 5431 0 % 2106 61.2 %
Single Thread Score 1797 0 % 1404.6 21.8 %
Encrypting Data 2539.9 MB/s 47.5 % 4834 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 138.1 MB/s 0 % 69.5 MB/s 49.7 %
String objects sorting 20963 thousand/s 0 % 9667 thousand/s 53.9 %
Prime numbers generation 41.9 millions/s 0 % 22 millions/s 47.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32925 millions/s 0 % 17420 millions/s 47.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12359.9 millions/s 0 % 7619.5 millions/s 38.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Xeon X3470.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Xeon X3470
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 67.9 FPS
High settings 156.9 FPS 108.6 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 135.8 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 169.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.8 %

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 Xeon X3470
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.6 FPS 117.7 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 188.3 FPS
Medium settings 271.2 FPS 235.4 FPS
Low settings 339.0 FPS 294.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.2 %
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