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General information Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-2609 v2
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 28.6 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 80 W 46.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 10 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-2609 v2
Overall Score 48362 0 % 38342 20.7 %
Future Proof 28 % 33.3 % 42 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5470 0 % 2161 60.5 %
Single Thread Score 1823.4 0 % 1346.2 26.2 %
Encrypting Data 2706.8 MB/s 45.7 % 4984.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 144.8 MB/s 0 % 52.5 MB/s 63.7 %
String objects sorting 21638 thousand/s 0 % 6272.4 thousand/s 71 %
Prime numbers generation 40 millions/s 0 % 23.9 millions/s 40.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 31952.4 millions/s 0 % 10222.8 millions/s 68 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12621.5 millions/s 0 % 7819.9 millions/s 38 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3970X, Xeon E5-2609 v2.

Average frames per second Core i7-3970X Xeon E5-2609 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 68.6 FPS
High settings 157.3 FPS 109.8 FPS
Medium settings 196.7 FPS 137.2 FPS
Low settings 245.9 FPS 171.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.2 %

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 Xeon E5-2609 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.8 FPS 118.2 FPS
High settings 217.3 FPS 189.0 FPS
Medium settings 271.6 FPS 236.3 FPS
Low settings 339.5 FPS 295.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 13 %
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