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General information Core i7-3970X Core2 Extreme X9770
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 136 W 9.3 %
Performance Core i7-3970X Core2 Extreme X9770
Overall Score 48362 0 % 36311 24.9 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 1738 68.2 %
Single Thread Score 1838.2 0 % 1395 24.1 %
Encrypting Data 2682.6 MB/s 31.9 % 3941.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 143.7 MB/s 0 % 54.5 MB/s 62.1 %
String objects sorting 21252 thousand/s 0 % 7391 thousand/s 65.2 %
Prime numbers generation 39.9 millions/s 0 % 21.9 millions/s 45.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32369.9 millions/s 0 % 12225.6 millions/s 62.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12851 millions/s 0 % 6906.1 millions/s 46.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Core2 Extreme X9770.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Core2 Extreme X9770
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 62.6 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 100.1 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 125.2 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 156.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.4 %

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 Extreme X9770
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 114.6 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 183.3 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 229.1 FPS
Low settings 339.4 FPS 286.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.6 %
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