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Intel logo Core i7-4790K
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General information Core i7-4790K Core i3-6100
Launched Q2 2014 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Skylake-S
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 % 51 W 42 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
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 530
Performance Core i7-4790K Core i3-6100
Overall Score 47790 0 % 40465 15.3 %
Future Proof 42 % 16 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5216 0 % 2681 48.6 %
Single Thread Score 2474.9 0 % 2170.1 12.3 %
Encrypting Data 2232.7 MB/s 0 % 1369.1 MB/s 38.7 %
Compressing Data 117.8 MB/s 0 % 54.8 MB/s 53.5 %
String objects sorting 16526 thousand/s 0 % 7237.6 thousand/s 56.2 %
Prime numbers generation 34.3 millions/s 0 % 14.1 millions/s 58.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29160.6 millions/s 0 % 12511.4 millions/s 57.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14629 millions/s 0 % 7836.2 millions/s 46.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790K, Core i3-6100.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790K Core i3-6100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 96.6 FPS 74.9 FPS
High settings 154.6 FPS 119.9 FPS
Medium settings 193.2 FPS 149.8 FPS
Low settings 241.6 FPS 187.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.5 %

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 i3-6100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 134.8 FPS 121.9 FPS
High settings 215.7 FPS 195.0 FPS
Medium settings 269.6 FPS 243.8 FPS
Low settings 337.0 FPS 304.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.6 %
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