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General information Core i7-3970X Ryzen 5 1400
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Summit Ridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 15 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 65 W 56.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3970X Ryzen 5 1400
Overall Score 48480 0 % 47450 2.1 %
Future Proof 28 % 52.5 % 59 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5524 0 % 5069 8.2 %
Single Thread Score 1849.2 1.7 % 1880.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 2669.2 MB/s 63 % 7211.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 142.8 MB/s 0 % 101.3 MB/s 29.1 %
String objects sorting 21337.8 thousand/s 0 % 12429.5 thousand/s 41.7 %
Prime numbers generation 40.3 millions/s 0 % 20 millions/s 50.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32016.7 millions/s 0 % 25477 millions/s 20.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12863.7 millions/s 2.1 % 13140.2 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Ryzen 5 1400.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Ryzen 5 1400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.2 FPS 95.2 FPS
High settings 157.2 FPS 152.4 FPS
Medium settings 196.5 FPS 190.5 FPS
Low settings 245.6 FPS 238.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.1 %

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 Ryzen 5 1400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 133.9 FPS
High settings 217.2 FPS 214.2 FPS
Medium settings 271.5 FPS 267.8 FPS
Low settings 339.3 FPS 334.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %
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