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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: 44.28
Overall Rank: 987
Last Price Change: $189.88 USD (2023-03-26)
Integer Math | 31,860 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 12,734 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 39 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 21,435 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,678 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 147,053 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 701 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 5,948 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,839 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,610 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,816 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,663 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,099 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,961 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,887 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,500 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,795 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 14,540 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,133 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,408 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 213.14 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 154.20 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 140.40 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 117.88 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 85.12 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 55.81 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 44.28 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 32.74 | |
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 | 4,203 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,056 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,846 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,820 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,716 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,359 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,945 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 2,889 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,664 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,569 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 1,839 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL1750582 - Feb 21 2023 | 8781 | |
BL1721740 - Jan 15 2023 [Overclocked] | 10246 | |
BL1650336 - Oct 16 2022 | 8288 | |
BL1600937 - Jul 24 2022 [Overclocked] | 9842 | |
BL1583436 - Jun 19 2022 [Overclocked] | 10226 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,408 | |
Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,411 (+11.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 10,333 (+22.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-990X @ 3.47GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 7,084 (-15.8%) | |
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,660 (+14.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,527 (+13.3%) | |
Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 8,222 (-2.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,776 (-19.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,458 (-23.2%) | |
Intel Core i5-10400T @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,974 (+18.6%) | |
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,759 (-19.6%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 21,961 (+161.2%) | |
Intel Core i7-7740X @ 4.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,867 (+17.3%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,220 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,111 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,473 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,432 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,799 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KF | 7,596 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 7,197 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | 6,796 | |
Intel Core i7-13700K | 6,794 | |
Intel Core i5-13600K | 6,779 | |
Intel Core i5-13600KF | 6,761 | |
Intel Core i9-13900T | 6,741 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 854 |