Intel Core i7-970: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-970 is a 6-core and 12-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3200 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 580
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 3238
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 6747
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1498
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-970
- Frequency
- 3200 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3460 MHz
- Cores
- 6
- Threads
- 12
- TDP
- 130 W
- Codename
- Gulftown
- Package
- FCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 580
- Multi-Core Score
- 2690
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Model
- OEM OEM
- Motherboard
- EVGA X58 SLI FTW3
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-970
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
- Base Frequency
- 3.19 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3.45 GHz
- Package
- Socket 1366 LGA
- Codename
- Gulftown
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 6
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 6
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 6
- L3 Cache
- 12.0 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 12.00 GB
- Frequency
- 530 MHz
- Type
- DDR3 SDRAM
- Channels
- 2
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 580 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 562 |
| Integer Score | 578 |
| Floating Point Score | 587 |
| AES-XTS | 562 980.4 MB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 726 3.67 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 676 32.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 560 1.58 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 573 673.4 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 547 171.4 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 588 31.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 490 156.3 KB/sec |
| Clang | 556 4.34 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 524 6.07 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 495 619.6 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 618 3831.2 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 455 25.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 624 4.81 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 631 15.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 984 48.3 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1030 14.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 649 521.2 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 419 3.75 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 685 21.9 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 276 10.7 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 2690 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1436 |
| Integer Score | 2765 |
| Floating Point Score | 2737 |
| AES-XTS | 1436 2.45 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 4631 23.4 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 4190 198.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1071 3.02 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 3559 4.18 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 3593 1.13 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 3111 168.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1586 505.3 KB/sec |
| Clang | 3512 27.4 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 2048 23.7 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 3090 3.87 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 4449 27563.3 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 2900 159.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 4023 31.0 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2688 66.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 3621 177.6 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 5267 71.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 4270 3.43 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 2425 21.7 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1298 41.5 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 585 22.6 images/sec |