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General information Ryzen 9 7900 Core i7-3970X
Launched Q1 2023 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM5 LGA2011
Series Name AMD Ryzen 9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Raphael Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 5.4 %
Turbo Clock 5.4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 25.9 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 56.7 % 150 W 0 %
Lithography 5 nm 84.4 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 64 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 9 7900 Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 74932 0 % 48362 35.5 %
Future Proof 92 % 0 % 28 % 69.6 %
Benchmark Score 31526 0 % 5470 82.6 %
Single Thread Score 4177.9 0 % 1821.6 56.4 %
Encrypting Data 35229.2 MB/s 0 % 2701.4 MB/s 92.3 %
Compressing Data 573.9 MB/s 0 % 144.1 MB/s 74.9 %
String objects sorting 68214.7 thousand/s 0 % 21380.7 thousand/s 68.7 %
Prime numbers generation 376 millions/s 0 % 39.7 millions/s 89.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 165742 millions/s 0 % 32016.7 millions/s 80.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 99897.4 millions/s 0 % 12749 millions/s 87.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 7900, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 7900 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.3 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 283.7 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 354.6 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 443.3 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.5 %

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 9 7900 Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 182.6 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 292.2 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 365.2 FPS 271.4 FPS
Low settings 456.5 FPS 339.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.7 %
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