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General information Core i7-3970X Pentium G840
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Pentium
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 20 %
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 0 % 32 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
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X Pentium G840
Overall Score 48397 0 % 29910 38.2 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 24 % 14.3 %
Benchmark Score 5486 0 % 800 85.4 %
Single Thread Score 1836.6 0 % 1274.6 30.6 %
Encrypting Data 2696.4 MB/s 0 % 1820.2 MB/s 32.5 %
Compressing Data 142 MB/s 0 % 24.6 MB/s 82.7 %
String objects sorting 21188.6 thousand/s 0 % 3411.4 thousand/s 83.9 %
Prime numbers generation 41.2 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 78 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31935 millions/s 0 % 4689.3 millions/s 85.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12660.9 millions/s 0 % 2828.7 millions/s 77.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Pentium G840.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Pentium G840
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.4 FPS 43.7 FPS
High settings 157.5 FPS 69.8 FPS
Medium settings 196.9 FPS 87.3 FPS
Low settings 246.1 FPS 109.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 55.7 %

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 Pentium G840
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 103.0 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 164.8 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 206.0 FPS
Low settings 339.4 FPS 257.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.1 %
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