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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E5503
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2010
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1366
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2 GHz 42.9 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 80 W 46.7 %
Performance Core i7-3970X Xeon E5503
Overall Score 48385 0 % 26851 44.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 18 % 35.7 %
Benchmark Score 5481 0 % 520 90.5 %
Single Thread Score 1846.5 0 % 843.3 54.3 %
Encrypting Data 2695.4 MB/s 0 % 1196.3 MB/s 55.6 %
Compressing Data 142.1 MB/s 0 % 17.8 MB/s 87.4 %
String objects sorting 21261.7 thousand/s 0 % 2089 thousand/s 90.2 %
Prime numbers generation 40.8 millions/s 0 % 8.1 millions/s 80.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32118.6 millions/s 0 % 5362.2 millions/s 83.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12726.7 millions/s 0 % 2964.7 millions/s 76.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E5503.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E5503
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 36.3 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 58.0 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 72.5 FPS
Low settings 245.8 FPS 90.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 63.1 %

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 Xeon E5503
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.5 FPS 97.8 FPS
High settings 216.9 FPS 156.5 FPS
Medium settings 271.1 FPS 195.6 FPS
Low settings 338.8 FPS 244.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.9 %
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