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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 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: 123.42
Overall Rank:
1324th fastest in multithreading out of 4891 CPUs
1714th fastest in single threading out of 4891 CPUs
418th fastest in out of 1398 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $69.00 USD (2024-09-14)
| Integer Math | 32,411 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 12,673 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 42 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 21,321 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,694 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 146,098 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 720 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 6,092 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,849 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
 | $69.00 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
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Dell OptiPlex 7070 Desktop Computer - Intel Core i7-9700T - 16GB RAM - 256GB SSD - Micro PC, Windows 10 Pro |
$699.00 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,005 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,114 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,595 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,080 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,886 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,259 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,747 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,569 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,155 | |
| Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,516 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 273.92 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 208.44 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 172.34 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 155.32 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 147.52 | |
| Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 123.42 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.58 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.48 | |
| 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 | 4,620 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,161 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,028 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,687 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,360 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,928 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,567 | |
| Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 1,849 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2243153 - Nov 12 2024 | 7757 | |
| BL2117168 - Jun 05 2024 | 8708 | |
| BL2116537 - Jun 04 2024 | 8676 | |
| BL2114531 - Jun 01 2024 | 9718 | |
| BL2110570 - May 27 2024 | 8727 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 8,516 | |
| Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,392 (+10.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 8,727 (+2.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 8,204 (-3.7%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4771 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 7,140 (-16.1%) | |
| AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 5,260 (-38.2%) | |
| AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 4,641 (-45.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 7,062 (-17.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,817 (-19.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4820K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 6,481 (-23.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 12,277 (+44.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 10,202 (+19.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-3970X | 9,550 (+12.1%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,249 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 11,272 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,891 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,698 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,330 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 10,235 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,873 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,556 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,467 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,267 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,255 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 8,942 | |
| Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz | 1,663 |
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