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General information Core i7-3970X FX-6350
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD FX
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Vishera
Clock 3.5 GHz 10.3 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 4.8 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 125 W 16.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
3 × 64 kB Instruction
6 × 16 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
3 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X FX-6350
Overall Score 48362 0 % 41405 14.4 %
Future Proof 28 % 22.2 % 36 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 2939 46.3 %
Single Thread Score 1827.1 0 % 1565.2 14.3 %
Encrypting Data 2712.2 MB/s 0 % 1363.4 MB/s 49.7 %
Compressing Data 144.2 MB/s 0 % 74.8 MB/s 48.1 %
String objects sorting 21423.6 thousand/s 0 % 9587.2 thousand/s 55.2 %
Prime numbers generation 39.8 millions/s 0 % 25.7 millions/s 35.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31984.5 millions/s 0 % 29780.1 millions/s 6.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12800 millions/s 0 % 7907.2 millions/s 38.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, FX-6350.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X FX-6350
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 77.7 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 124.3 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 155.3 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 194.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 21 %

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 FX-6350
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 123.5 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 197.7 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 247.1 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 308.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 9 %
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