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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-1620
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Sandy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 130 W 13.3 %
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 × 10 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-1620
Overall Score 48362 0 % 44118 8.8 %
Future Proof 28 % 6.7 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 3789 30.7 %
Single Thread Score 1847.4 0 % 1754.9 5 %
Encrypting Data 2674.6 MB/s 0 % 1757.8 MB/s 34.3 %
Compressing Data 145.1 MB/s 0 % 92.6 MB/s 36.2 %
String objects sorting 21359.2 thousand/s 0 % 14297.8 thousand/s 33.1 %
Prime numbers generation 40 millions/s 0 % 29.1 millions/s 27.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31824 millions/s 0 % 22251.6 millions/s 30.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12698 millions/s 0 % 8308.1 millions/s 34.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E5-1620.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-1620
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 85.7 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 137.2 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 171.5 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 214.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.8 %

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 E5-1620
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.9 FPS 128.4 FPS
High settings 217.4 FPS 205.4 FPS
Medium settings 271.7 FPS 256.7 FPS
Low settings 339.7 FPS 320.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.5 %
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