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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-11700F outperforms the cheaper Core i7-970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-11700F is 3893 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-970.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-970
- Up to 11% cheaper than Core i7-11700F - $229.95 vs $258.99
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700F
- Performs up to 46% better in Rust than Core i7-970 - 227 vs 156 FPS
- Up to 22% better value when playing Rust than Core i7-970 - $1.14 vs $1.47 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
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core i7 i7-970 3.20 GHz Processor - Socket B LGA-1366
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Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
227
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.14/FPS
100%
Price, $
$258.99
88%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-11700F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-970
Desktop • Jul 19th, 2010
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-970 | vs | Intel Core i7-11700F |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 19th, 2010 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Gulftown | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1366 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 130 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-970 or Core i7-11700F
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
96 FPS
$13.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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78 FPS
$17.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,391.06
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106 FPS
$12.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,289
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81 FPS
$16.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,299
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106 FPS
$18.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-11700F
64 GB, 2 TB SSD + 8 TB HDD
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$1,999
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75 FPS
$20/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,499.99
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106 FPS
$14.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,542.88
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81 FPS
$19.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,549
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68 FPS
$21.32/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,449.99
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69 FPS
$22.33/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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