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Is the Intel Core i7-970 @ 3.20GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1366
Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.5 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 130 W
Cache Size: L1: 512 KB, L2: 2.0 MB, L3: 12 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 970 @ 3.20GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 970 @ 3.20GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2010
CPUmark/$Price: 12.55
Overall Rank: 1295
Last Price Change: $520.00 USD (2023-05-24)
| Integer Math | 27,596 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 11,579 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 29 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 15,153 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,521 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 112,143 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 450 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 2,979 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,458 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,731 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,458 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,742 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,628 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,062 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,935 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,421 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,785 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,484 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,249 | |
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 3.20GHz | 6,526 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 213.02 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 153.97 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 140.24 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 117.45 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 104.80 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.94 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 32.60 | |
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 3.20GHz | 12.55 | |
| 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 | 4,665 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,194 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,053 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,960 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,843 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,715 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,359 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,942 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,663 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,569 | |
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 3.20GHz | 1,458 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL1865029 - Jul 20 2023 [Overclocked] | 7135 | |
| BL1786465 - Apr 04 2023 | 6968 | |
| BL1761162 - Mar 05 2023 | 7041 | |
| BL1743016 - Feb 11 2023 [Overclocked] | 8081 | |
| BL1742256 - Feb 11 2023 [Overclocked] | 8082 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 3.20GHz | 6,526 | |
| Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-970 | 8,202 (+25.7%) | |
| Intel Core i7-980 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Core i7-970 | 6,926 (+6.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Core i7-970 | 6,848 (+4.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-970 | 5,478 (-16.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-970 | 5,332 (-18.3%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4765T @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-970 | 5,114 (-21.6%) | |
| AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-970 | 5,246 (-19.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core i7-970 | 34,694 (+431.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-970 | 7,778 (+19.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-995X @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-970 | 7,297 (+11.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-990X @ 3.47GHz vs Intel Core i7-970 | 7,087 (+8.6%) | |
| AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-970 | 6,759 (+3.6%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,185 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,103 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,974 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,547 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,431 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,815 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,812 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KF | 7,532 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 7,239 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900 | 6,917 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900F | 6,898 | |
| Intel Core i7-13700K | 6,856 | |
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 3.20GHz | 1,298 |
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