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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1230
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2011
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 10 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 80 W 46.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1230
Overall Score 48362 0 % 42633 11.8 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 24 % 14.3 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 3304 39.6 %
Single Thread Score 1827.1 0 % 1668.3 8.7 %
Encrypting Data 2712.2 MB/s 0 % 1530.2 MB/s 43.6 %
Compressing Data 144.2 MB/s 0 % 85.1 MB/s 41 %
String objects sorting 21423.6 thousand/s 0 % 12792.5 thousand/s 40.3 %
Prime numbers generation 39.8 millions/s 0 % 24 millions/s 39.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31984.5 millions/s 0 % 19723.5 millions/s 38.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12800 millions/s 0 % 7468.5 millions/s 41.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E3-1230.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1230
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 81.4 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 130.2 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 162.7 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 203.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.3 %

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 i7-3970X Xeon E3-1230
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 125.7 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 201.1 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 251.4 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 314.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.4 %
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