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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-10700F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-10700F is 3573 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-970.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-10700F
- Performs up to 116% better in Diablo IV than Core i7-970 - 212 vs 98 FPS
- Up to 2% cheaper than Core i7-970 - $225.99 vs $229.95
- Up to 54% better value when playing Diablo IV than Core i7-970 - $1.07 vs $2.35 per FPS
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than Intel Core i7-970 - 65 vs 130 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-970 - 16 vs 12 threads
Diablo IV
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i7 i7-970 3.20 GHz Processor - Socket B LGA-1366
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Core i7-10700F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
212
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.07/FPS
100%
Price, $
$225.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-10700F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.8 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA1200 (Intel® 400 Series chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-970
Desktop • Jul 19th, 2010
Core i7-10700F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-970 | vs | Intel Core i7-10700F |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 19th, 2010 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Gulftown | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1366 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 130 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-970 or Core i7-10700F
Diablo IV, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
114 FPS
$16.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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74 FPS
$18.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,399.99
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1 FPS
$1539/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,539
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1 FPS
$2099/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,099
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37 FPS
$33.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$1,249.99
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20 FPS
$65/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$1,299.99
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155 FPS
$15.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$2,349.99
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1 FPS
$1149.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,149.99
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1 FPS
$1199/FPS
Radeon RX 580
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,199
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1 FPS
$1698.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,698.98
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