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Is the Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz Good for Gaming?
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Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA2011
Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 150 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 15 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3970X CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012
CPUmark/$Price: 44.56
Overall Rank: 1182
Last Price Change: $189.88 USD (2023-03-26)
Integer Math | 32,113 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 12,749 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 40 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 21,445 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,688 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 147,258 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 708 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 6,032 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,840 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,349 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,361 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,652 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,578 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,015 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,911 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,324 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,768 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,427 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,183 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,461 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 212.81 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 153.62 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 140.09 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 117.17 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 104.13 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.72 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 44.56 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 32.43 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,636 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,173 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,037 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,928 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,839 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,703 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,361 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,932 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,661 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,568 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 1,840 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2051873 - Mar 15 2024 | 8472 | |
BL2043010 - Mar 06 2024 | 9619 | |
BL1969818 - Dec 14 2023 [Overclocked] | 9665 | |
BL1750582 - Feb 21 2023 | 8781 | |
BL1721740 - Jan 15 2023 [Overclocked] | 10246 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,461 | |
Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,403 (+11.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 10,303 (+21.8%) | |
Intel Core i7-990X @ 3.47GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 7,106 (-16.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,656 (+14.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,473 (+12.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 8,209 (-3.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,767 (-20.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,462 (-23.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-10400T @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,816 (+16.0%) | |
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,771 (-20.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 28,572 (+237.7%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 27,247 (+222.0%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,667 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,257 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,071 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,569 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,403 | |
Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,176 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KF | 7,996 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,883 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,796 | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX | 7,573 | |
Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,532 | |
Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,530 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 1,908 |