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General information Core i7-4790S Core2 Quad Q8300
Launched Q2 2014 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Yorkfield
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 21.9 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4790S Core2 Quad Q8300
Overall Score 46143 0 % 33239 28 %
Future Proof 42 % 0 % 11 % 73.8 %
Benchmark Score 4533 0 % 1221 73.1 %
Single Thread Score 2196.7 0 % 1056.8 51.9 %
Encrypting Data 1942.3 MB/s 29.9 % 2770.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 102.5 MB/s 0 % 40.8 MB/s 60.2 %
String objects sorting 14393.3 thousand/s 0 % 5517.9 thousand/s 61.7 %
Prime numbers generation 29.9 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 76.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 24855.6 millions/s 0 % 9171.8 millions/s 63.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12692.2 millions/s 0 % 5253.9 millions/s 58.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790S, Core2 Quad Q8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790S Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.8 FPS 53.5 FPS
High settings 146.8 FPS 85.6 FPS
Medium settings 183.5 FPS 107.0 FPS
Low settings 229.4 FPS 133.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-4790S Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.7 FPS 108.9 FPS
High settings 210.8 FPS 174.2 FPS
Medium settings 263.5 FPS 217.8 FPS
Low settings 329.4 FPS 272.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.4 %
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