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General information Core i7-3960X Core i3-3210
Launched Q4 2011 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 55 W 57.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3960X Core i3-3210
Overall Score 48276 0 % 34616 28.3 %
Future Proof 27 % 20.6 % 34 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5431 0 % 1436 73.6 %
Single Thread Score 1797 0 % 1712.8 4.7 %
Encrypting Data 2539.9 MB/s 22.7 % 3285.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 138.1 MB/s 0 % 44.1 MB/s 68 %
String objects sorting 20963 thousand/s 0 % 6202.3 thousand/s 70.4 %
Prime numbers generation 41.9 millions/s 0 % 13.1 millions/s 68.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32925 millions/s 0 % 9517.8 millions/s 71.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12359.9 millions/s 0 % 5051.1 millions/s 59.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Core i3-3210.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Core i3-3210
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 57.6 FPS
High settings 156.9 FPS 92.1 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 115.1 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 143.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.3 %

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 i3-3210
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.6 FPS 111.5 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 178.5 FPS
Medium settings 271.2 FPS 223.1 FPS
Low settings 339.0 FPS 278.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.7 %
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