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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1280
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 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 95 W 36.7 %
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 E3-1280
Overall Score 48376 0 % 43650 9.8 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 24 % 14.3 %
Benchmark Score 5477 0 % 3630 33.7 %
Single Thread Score 1840.3 0 % 1798.6 2.3 %
Encrypting Data 2678.2 MB/s 0 % 1729.4 MB/s 35.4 %
Compressing Data 144.3 MB/s 0 % 94.5 MB/s 34.5 %
String objects sorting 21561.9 thousand/s 0 % 14036.7 thousand/s 34.9 %
Prime numbers generation 39.6 millions/s 0 % 25 millions/s 36.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32290.6 millions/s 0 % 21605.8 millions/s 33.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12655.6 millions/s 0 % 8092.3 millions/s 36.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E3-1280.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.4 FPS 84.3 FPS
High settings 157.4 FPS 134.9 FPS
Medium settings 196.8 FPS 168.7 FPS
Low settings 246.0 FPS 210.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.3 %

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 E3-1280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 127.3 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 203.7 FPS
Medium settings 271.3 FPS 254.6 FPS
Low settings 339.1 FPS 318.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.2 %
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