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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i7-3970X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
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: 49.07
Overall Rank:
1492nd fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
1883rd fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
463rd fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $175.00 USD (2025-03-27)
Integer Math | 32,755 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 12,727 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 43 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 21,389 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,713 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 146,365 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 731 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 6,157 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,857 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,652 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,295 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,015 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,143 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,487 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,164 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,704 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,588 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 236.08 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 196.84 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 162.57 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 152.34 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.17 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 131.36 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 49.07 | |
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 | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,138 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 1,857 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2695870 - Jun 14 2025 | 8351 | |
BL2515627 - Mar 29 2025 | 8995 | |
BL2509842 - Mar 26 2025 | 9709 | |
BL2509801 - Mar 26 2025 | 9542 | |
BL2437438 - Feb 24 2025 [Overclocked] | 9932 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,588 | |
Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,480 (-24.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,834 (+14.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-990X @ 3.47GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 7,116 (-17.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 7,052 (-17.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-4820K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,505 (-24.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 10,639 (+23.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 10,131 (+18.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 3 4300G vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,745 (+13.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-10400T @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,739 (+13.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,628 (+12.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,396 (+9.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,226 (+7.4%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,452 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,150 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,297 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,843 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,586 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,483 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,809 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,803 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,639 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,526 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,517 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 1,681 |