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General information Core i9-10900 Core i7-3970X
Launched Q2 2020 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1200 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Comet Lake Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 2.8 GHz 20 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 23.1 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 56.7 % 150 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-10900 Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 59862 0 % 48362 19.2 %
Future Proof 76 % 0 % 28 % 63.2 %
Benchmark Score 12841 0 % 5470 57.4 %
Single Thread Score 3049.2 0 % 1856.6 39.1 %
Encrypting Data 6956.1 MB/s 0 % 2696.1 MB/s 61.2 %
Compressing Data 303.1 MB/s 0 % 143.1 MB/s 52.8 %
String objects sorting 39117.5 thousand/s 0 % 21530.8 thousand/s 45 %
Prime numbers generation 56.5 millions/s 0 % 39.8 millions/s 29.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 78224.6 millions/s 0 % 32337.8 millions/s 58.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 47953 millions/s 0 % 12761.8 millions/s 73.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-10900, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Core i9-10900 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.5 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 212.0 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 265.0 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 331.3 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.8 %

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 i9-10900 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.9 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 249.5 FPS 217.1 FPS
Medium settings 311.9 FPS 271.4 FPS
Low settings 389.8 FPS 339.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 13 %
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