Intel Core i7-3970X: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-3970X is a 6-core and 12-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3500 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 800
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 4807
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 8262
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1832
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-3970X
- Frequency
- 3500 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4000 MHz
- Cores
- 6
- Threads
- 12
- TDP
- 150 W
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge E
- Package
- FCLGA2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 816
- Multi-Core Score
- 4975
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Model
- System manufacturer System Product Name
- Motherboard
- ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P9X79 DELUXE
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-3970X
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7
- Base Frequency
- 3.60 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 5870 MHz
- Package
- Socket 2011 LGA
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge-E
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 6
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 6
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 6
- L3 Cache
- 15.0 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 16.00 GB
- Frequency
- 961 MHz
- Type
- DDR3 SDRAM
- Channels
- 4
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 816 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 865 |
| Integer Score | 792 |
| Floating Point Score | 860 |
| AES-XTS | 865 1.47 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1023 5.17 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 888 42.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 832 2.35 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 762 894.9 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 727 227.9 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 779 42.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 772 245.9 KB/sec |
| Clang | 678 5.28 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 722 8.37 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 820 1.03 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 821 5083.9 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 702 38.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 831 6.40 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 854 21.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1383 67.9 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1457 19.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 959 770.0 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 579 5.18 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 899 28.7 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 563 21.8 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 4975 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 5199 |
| Integer Score | 4883 |
| Floating Point Score | 5138 |
| AES-XTS | 5199 8.86 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 5787 29.3 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 5100 241.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 4199 11.8 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 4691 5.51 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 5112 1.60 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 5527 299.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 4265 1.33 MB/sec |
| Clang | 5053 39.4 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 4458 51.7 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 5226 6.54 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 6147 38085.9 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 4310 236.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 5228 40.3 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5746 141.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 7340 360.1 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 9236 125.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 6498 5.22 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 3699 33.1 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 4206 134.5 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 2311 89.3 images/sec |