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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 Size: L1: 512 KB, L2: 2.0 MB,
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3970X CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012
CPUmark/$Price: 46.12
Overall Rank: 900
Last Price Change: $181.94 USD (2023-01-28)
Integer Math | 31,755 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 12,742 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 39 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 21 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,676 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 143.6 MBytes/Sec |
Physics | 699 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 5,930 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,836 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,589 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,758 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,689 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,158 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,954 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,931 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,562 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,794 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 14,556 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,265 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,391 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 167.58 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 132.11 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 116.65 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 100.70 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.98 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 46.12 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 33.08 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 31.20 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,208 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,060 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,848 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,825 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,731 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,356 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,948 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 2,891 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,665 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,568 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 1,836 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL1721740 - Jan 15 2023 [Overclocked] | 10246 | |
BL1650336 - Oct 16 2022 | 8288 | |
BL1600937 - Jul 24 2022 [Overclocked] | 9842 | |
BL1583436 - Jun 19 2022 [Overclocked] | 10226 | |
BL1575342 - Jun 02 2022 | 8824 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,391 | |
Intel Core i7-980 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,871 (-18.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,314 (+11.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 8,261 (-1.5%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 7,767 (-7.4%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 12,297 (+46.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 10,249 (+22.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-10500T @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 10,212 (+21.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,249 (+10.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,103 (+8.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 8,947 (+6.6%) | |
Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 8,096 (-3.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 8,060 (-3.9%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900T | 8,921 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,435 | |
Intel Core i9-13900F | 8,178 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,804 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KF | 7,566 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 7,100 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | 6,706 | |
Intel Core i7-13700K | 6,696 | |
Intel Core i5-13600K | 6,664 | |
Intel Core i5-13600KF | 6,605 | |
Intel Core i7-13700KF | 6,444 | |
Intel Core i9-12900KS | 6,440 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 851 |