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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: 979
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 | 41,608 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,808 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,667 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,100 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,959 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,892 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,505 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,796 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 14,541 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,408 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 209.41 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 141.10 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 133.34 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 117.87 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 85.11 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 68.21 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 46.85 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 44.28 | |
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 | 3,845 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,821 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,718 | |
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 i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 10,331 (+22.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-990X @ 3.47GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 7,064 (-16.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,662 (+14.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 8,220 (-2.2%) | |
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 | 21,959 (+161.2%) | |
Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,857 (+17.2%) | |
Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,804 (+16.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-9600T @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,412 (+11.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,411 (+11.9%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,225 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,106 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,460 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,436 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,808 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KF | 7,600 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 7,192 | |
Intel Core i9-13900T | 6,888 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | 6,796 | |
Intel Core i7-13700K | 6,791 | |
Intel Core i5-13600K | 6,775 | |
Intel Core i5-13600KF | 6,729 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 854 |