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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-2603
Launched Q1 2012 Q1 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 0 % 1.8 GHz 48.6 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
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 × 10 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-2603
Overall Score 48363 0 % 35080 27.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5471 0 % 1514 72.3 %
Single Thread Score 1840 0 % 859.3 53.3 %
Encrypting Data 2666.5 MB/s 23 % 3461.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 142.4 MB/s 0 % 34.6 MB/s 75.7 %
String objects sorting 21252 thousand/s 0 % 4737.7 thousand/s 77.7 %
Prime numbers generation 40.4 millions/s 0 % 20 millions/s 50.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32273.6 millions/s 0 % 6756.2 millions/s 79.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12787.2 millions/s 0 % 3790.1 millions/s 70.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E5-2603.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-2603
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 157.4 FPS 94.3 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 117.8 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 147.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 40.1 %

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 E5-2603
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 339.4 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.2 %
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