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General information Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-3970X
Launched Q2 2018 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 LGA2011
Series Name AMD Ryzen 5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Pinnacle Ridge Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 2.8 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 4.8 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 36.7 % 150 W 0 %
Lithography 12 nm 62.5 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 64 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 54772 0 % 48363 11.7 %
Future Proof 65 % 0 % 28 % 56.9 %
Benchmark Score 9000 0 % 5471 39.2 %
Single Thread Score 2394.5 0 % 1834.5 23.4 %
Encrypting Data 13102.6 MB/s 0 % 2682.6 MB/s 79.5 %
Compressing Data 192.5 MB/s 0 % 143.2 MB/s 25.6 %
String objects sorting 22986 thousand/s 0 % 21294.9 thousand/s 7.4 %
Prime numbers generation 37.8 millions/s 4.8 % 39.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47195.3 millions/s 0 % 32177.2 millions/s 31.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24092.2 millions/s 0 % 12800 millions/s 46.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 5 2600X, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.4 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 187.8 FPS 157.4 FPS
Medium settings 234.7 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 293.4 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.2 %

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 Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.3 FPS 136.0 FPS
High settings 235.7 FPS 217.5 FPS
Medium settings 294.6 FPS 271.9 FPS
Low settings 368.3 FPS 339.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.7 %
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