Intel Core i7-970

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Intel Core i7-970
The Intel Core i7-970 has a clock speed of 3.2GHz, it features Hyper-Threading, Turbo Boost, a 6.4GB/s QPI, supports 1066MHz DDR3 memory, and has a TDP of 130W.
6
Cores
12
Threads
3.2 GHz
Base Clock
3.46 GHz
Boost Clock
Socket LGA 1366
Socket
130 W
TDP
No iGPU
Graphics
CPU Snapshot
Release date:Jul 19, 2010Price at Launch:$662
Type:DesktopSocket:Socket LGA 1366
Cores:6Threads:12
Multithreading:Yes
Clocks & Cache
Base Clock:3.2 GHzBoost Clock:3.46 GHz
L2 Cache:1.5 MBL3 Cache:12 MB
Platform
Codename:GulftownProcess Size:32 nm
Memory Support:DDR3-1066TDP:130 W
PCIe Support:PCIe 2.0, 4 lanesBox Cooler:Yes
Integrated Features
Integrated Graphics:NoNPU:No

Reviews and Ratings

79

Average Score

Based on 11 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Excellent six-core
  • 12-thread performance

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • Expensive
  • No unlocked multiplier
100

A Formula 1 style processor, whose pricing consigns it to the shop window, inaccessible to most users. Most will have to wait for cheaper versions to make the step up, especially as applications that use 6 cores are not as numerous as all...

By DigitalVersus on
80

Six cores, 12 threads, one billion transistors and a whole lotta processing power. That's the Intel Core i7 970. It's a fabulous technological achievement. But can it really be worth nearly £700?Admittedly, the Core i7 970 is a bit cheaper than...

By TechRadar on
80

Costing $114 less than Intel's high-end Core i7-980X Extreme Edition CPU, the Core i7-970 still offers six processing cores and 12 threads for powerful performance with highly threaded applications. You sacrifice a tiny amount of clock speed and an...

By PC Mag on
73

If you cast your minds back a little bit to our 980X review (available here) you'll remember that we found it to be the fastest, most incredible processor on the planet. Admittedly for £850 you'd expect nothing left but the results we obtained from it...

By Overclock3D on
60

We looked at the Core i7 980X back in March this year and surmised that "the 3.33GHz-clocked Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition is, by a long, long way, the fastest desktop CPU ever released. It has wish-list status stamped all over it." Fast forward...

By HEXUS.net on
85

The 970 is a very powerful processor which faces little competition from AMD right now. Its biggest challenger is actually the 980x which we feel offers more to the extreme high end enthusiast audience. That said, if you don’t plan on overclocking,...

By Kitguru.net on
50

Due to the high price of the , a cheaper 6-core such as the i7-970 was a highly anticipated processor in the office. Unfortunately, despite its non-EE branding, the i7-970 is still a very expensive CPU.Those readers hoping for a 6-core chip at a much...

By Bit-tech.net on

Benchmarking 86 CPUs takes a while. After long last, though, we have 51 models from AMD and 35 from Intel tested in our current suite. If you want to know how your processor sizes up to its competition, you'll find plenty of comparison data inside! 86...

By Tom's Hardware on

This time we'd like to offer you the summarized test results of as many as 71 processors. This generally marks the end of the year, not the end of another test method's life cycle (like the last time). We believe this summary contains all important...

By iXBT Labs on

Today we shall focus on Intel Core i7 processors, in particular those outperforming Core i7-880. Firstly, we need to retest them with our new test method. Secondly, the new LGA2011 platform is to be announced very soon, and we'll need these test...

By iXBT Labs on

For a convenient way to see overall how LLVMpipe scales on this six-core Intel Core i7 processor, here's this overview graph below generated by the Phoronix Test Suite that we normally do not include within articles, but it illustrates the per-core...

By Phoronix on

When looking at the Core i7 970 at its stock speeds with turbo boost capabilities, the CPU performed very well and practically winning every benchmark. Granted, the CPUs we used for this comparison were limited to what we had access to, and that...

By Phoronix on
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