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| 5.2 Out of 10 |  | |
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CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Intel Core i7 970 among desktop CPUs (over 75W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 5.2 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
Benchmarks Real world tests of the Intel Core i7 970
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Reviews Word on the street for the Intel Core i7 970
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Overall | Out of 10 | |
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary
| Clock speed | 3.2 GHz |
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| Turbo clock speed | 3.46 GHz |
| Cores | Hexa core |
| Socket type | LGA 1366 |
| Is unlocked | No |
features
| Has a NX bit | Yes |
|---|---|
| Supports trusted computing | No |
| Has virtualization support | Yes |
| Instruction set extensions |
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| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes |
integrated graphics
| GPU | None |
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memory controller
| Memory controller | Built-in |
|---|---|
| Memory type |
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| Channels | Triple Channel |
| Supports ECC | No |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,599.99 MB/s |
| Maximum memory size | 24,576 MB |
details
| Architecture | x86-64 |
|---|---|
| Threads | 12 threads |
| L2 cache | 2 MB |
| L2 cache per core | 0.33 MB/core |
| L3 cache | 12 MB |
| L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm |
| Transistor count | 1,170,000,000 |
| Max CPUs | 1 |
| Clock multiplier | 24 |
| Voltage range | 0.8 - 1.38V |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 67.9°C |
overclocking
| Overclock popularity | 70 |
|---|---|
| Overclock review score | 5 |
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.44 GHz |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.56 GHz |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 4,185.5 |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.44 GHz |
power consumption
| TDP | 130W |
|---|---|
| Annual home energy cost | 50.09 $/year |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 144.8 $/year |
| Performance per watt | 4.13 pt/W |
| Idle power consumption | 80.4W |
| Peak power consumption | 165.3W |
| Typical power consumption | 144.07W |
bus
| Architecture | QPI |
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| Number of links | 1 |
| Data rate | 19,200 MB/s |
| Transfer rate | 4,800 MT/s |
| Clock speed | 2,400 MHz |
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