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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: 49.11
Overall Rank:
1466th fastest in multithreading out of 5124 CPUs
1858th fastest in single threading out of 5124 CPUs
460th fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $175.00 USD (2025-03-27)
Integer Math | 32,732 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 12,733 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 43 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 21,456 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,717 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 146,720 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 732 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 6,169 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,857 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,699 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,314 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,033 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,138 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,862 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,475 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,175 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,709 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,653 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,595 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 234.02 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 184.13 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 178.69 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.17 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 149.37 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.22 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.93 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 49.11 | |
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 | 4,611 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,140 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,478 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
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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BL2515627 - Mar 29 2025 | 8995 | |
BL2509842 - Mar 26 2025 | 9709 | |
BL2509801 - Mar 26 2025 | 9542 | |
BL2437438 - Feb 24 2025 [Overclocked] | 9932 | |
BL2389458 - Feb 04 2025 [Overclocked] | 9755 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,595 | |
Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,475 (-24.7%) | |
Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,827 (+14.3%) | |
Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 7,055 (-17.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-4820K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,501 (-24.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 10,136 (+17.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-10400T @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,730 (+13.2%) | |
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,628 (+12.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,399 (+9.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-9400 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,385 (+9.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,088 (+5.7%) | |
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 8,427 (-2.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 8,208 (-4.5%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,502 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,157 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,331 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,847 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,599 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,511 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,284 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,810 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,685 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,518 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,446 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,422 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 1,683 |