Core i7-3960X and Core i7-3930K Radeon HD 7970 Gaming-Performance-Difference
Published by Marc Büchel on 10.02.12Page:
In this article we're going to check gaming performance of Intels latest Sandy Brdige E flagship CPUs when they're being supported by a Radeon HD 7970 graphics card from XFX. We're curious if there will be a measurable performance gap between these to CPUs regarding modern games or if the 100 MHz and three megabyte more Cache, which the Core i7-3960X has to offer, aren't enough to make a difference.
Specifications
| i7-3960X | i7-3930K | |
| Codename | Sandy Bridge E | Sandy Bridge |
| Socket | LGA 2011 | LGA 2011 |
| Manufacturing | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Transistors | 2.27 Billion | 2.27 Billion |
| Die-size | 435 mm2 | 435 mm2 |
| Clock | 3.30 GHz (Turbo 3.90 GHz) | 3.20 GHz (Turbo 3.80 GHz) |
| Cores / Threads | 6C / 12T | 6C / 12T |
| Turbo | Yes (2.0) | Yes (2.0) |
| Bus Speed | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Memory | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Memory controller | Quad Channel | Quad Channel |
| QPI | 6.4 GT/s | 6.4 GT/s |
| L1 Execution Cache | 32 KByte | 32 KByte |
| L1 Data Cache | 32 KByte | 32 KByte |
| L2 Cache | 256 KByte | 256 KByte |
| L3 Cache | 15 MB shared | 12 MB shared |
| TDP | 130 Watt | 130 Watt |
| C1E technology | Yes | Yes |
| Enhanced Intel Speed Step | Yes | Yes |
| Virtualisation | Vanderpool | Vanderpool |
| Instruction sets | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 SSE4.2, AVX, AES EM64T |
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 SSE4.2, AVX, AES EM64T |
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