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General information Core i7-4790K Core i3-4170
Launched Q2 2014 Q2 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Haswell Refresh
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 7.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 88 W 0 % 54 W 38.6 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel HD Graphics 4400
Performance Core i7-4790K Core i3-4170
Overall Score 47791 0 % 39046 18.3 %
Future Proof 42 % 10.6 % 47 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5217 0 % 2324 55.5 %
Single Thread Score 2482.3 0 % 2070.3 16.6 %
Encrypting Data 2244 MB/s 57.7 % 5302.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 118.7 MB/s 0 % 51.3 MB/s 56.8 %
String objects sorting 16560.2 thousand/s 0 % 7213.2 thousand/s 56.4 %
Prime numbers generation 34.1 millions/s 0 % 15 millions/s 55.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29102.1 millions/s 0 % 12478 millions/s 57.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14541.2 millions/s 0 % 6235.4 millions/s 57.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790K, Core i3-4170.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790K Core i3-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 96.6 FPS 70.7 FPS
High settings 154.6 FPS 113.1 FPS
Medium settings 193.3 FPS 141.3 FPS
Low settings 241.6 FPS 176.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.9 %

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 i7-4790K Core i3-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 134.9 FPS 119.4 FPS
High settings 215.9 FPS 191.0 FPS
Medium settings 269.9 FPS 238.8 FPS
Low settings 337.4 FPS 298.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.5 %
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