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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1225 V2
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2012
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 Ivy 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 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 77 W 48.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
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 No
Performance Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1225 V2
Overall Score 48362 0 % 41846 13.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 9.7 % 31 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 3066 43.9 %
Single Thread Score 1847.4 3.9 % 1921.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 2674.6 MB/s 0 % 1193.7 MB/s 55.4 %
Compressing Data 145.1 MB/s 0 % 72.3 MB/s 50.2 %
String objects sorting 21359.2 thousand/s 0 % 9113.2 thousand/s 57.3 %
Prime numbers generation 40 millions/s 0 % 33.9 millions/s 15.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31824 millions/s 0 % 14891.9 millions/s 53.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12698 millions/s 0 % 10789 millions/s 15 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E3-1225 V2.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E3-1225 V2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 79.0 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 126.4 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 158.0 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 197.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.7 %

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 Xeon E3-1225 V2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.9 FPS 124.4 FPS
High settings 217.4 FPS 199.0 FPS
Medium settings 271.7 FPS 248.7 FPS
Low settings 339.7 FPS 310.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.5 %
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