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General information Core i7-3970X Pentium Gold G5420
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Pentium Gold
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3.5 GHz 7.9 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 54 W 64 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3970X Pentium Gold G5420
Overall Score 48362 0 % 39351 18.6 %
Future Proof 28 % 60.6 % 71 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 2398 56.2 %
Single Thread Score 1827.1 18.8 % 2249.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 2712.2 MB/s 0 % 1411.6 MB/s 48 %
Compressing Data 144.2 MB/s 0 % 55.4 MB/s 61.6 %
String objects sorting 21423.6 thousand/s 0 % 7450.9 thousand/s 65.2 %
Prime numbers generation 39.8 millions/s 0 % 15.1 millions/s 62 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31984.5 millions/s 0 % 12860.5 millions/s 59.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12800 millions/s 0 % 8236.9 millions/s 35.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Pentium Gold G5420.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Pentium Gold G5420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 71.6 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 114.5 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 143.1 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 178.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.2 %

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 Core i7-3970X Pentium Gold G5420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 119.9 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 191.9 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 239.9 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 299.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.7 %
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