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General information Core i7-4790K Core i3-2120T
Launched Q2 2014 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Sandy Bridge
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 2.6 GHz 35 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 88 W 0 % 35 W 60.2 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 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 No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i7-4790K Core i3-2120T
Overall Score 47789 0 % 31485 34.1 %
Future Proof 42 % 0 % 26 % 38.1 %
Benchmark Score 5215 0 % 983 81.2 %
Single Thread Score 2450.2 0 % 1159 52.7 %
Encrypting Data 2253 MB/s 0 % 2237.3 MB/s 0.7 %
Compressing Data 119.3 MB/s 0 % 31.4 MB/s 73.7 %
String objects sorting 16656.8 thousand/s 0 % 4755.7 thousand/s 71.4 %
Prime numbers generation 33.8 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 70.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29449.7 millions/s 0 % 7171 millions/s 75.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14657.3 millions/s 0 % 2880.9 millions/s 80.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790K, Core i3-2120T.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790K Core i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 96.6 FPS 48.3 FPS
High settings 154.6 FPS 77.3 FPS
Medium settings 193.2 FPS 96.6 FPS
Low settings 241.6 FPS 120.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 50 %

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 i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 134.8 FPS 106.1 FPS
High settings 215.7 FPS 169.8 FPS
Medium settings 269.6 FPS 212.2 FPS
Low settings 337.0 FPS 265.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.3 %
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