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General information Core i7-3970X Core2 Duo E4600
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Conroe
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 31.4 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 65 W 56.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
1 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X Core2 Duo E4600
Overall Score 48376 0 % 27346 43.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 5477 0 % 559 89.8 %
Single Thread Score 1840.3 0 % 944.4 48.7 %
Encrypting Data 2678.2 MB/s 0 % 1269.2 MB/s 52.6 %
Compressing Data 144.3 MB/s 0 % 19 MB/s 86.9 %
String objects sorting 21561.9 thousand/s 0 % 2581.2 thousand/s 88 %
Prime numbers generation 39.6 millions/s 0 % 3 millions/s 92.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32290.6 millions/s 0 % 3604.6 millions/s 88.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12655.6 millions/s 0 % 1976 millions/s 84.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Core2 Duo E4600.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.4 FPS 37.3 FPS
High settings 157.4 FPS 59.6 FPS
Medium settings 196.8 FPS 74.6 FPS
Low settings 246.0 FPS 93.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 62.1 %

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 i7-3970X Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 98.5 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 157.6 FPS
Medium settings 271.3 FPS 197.0 FPS
Low settings 339.1 FPS 246.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.4 %
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