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General information Core i7-4790S Core i3-540
Launched Q2 2014 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Clarkdale
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 3.1 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 11 % 73 W 0 %
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 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 4000 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i7-4790S Core i3-540
Overall Score 46151 0 % 31563 31.6 %
Future Proof 42 % 0 % 17 % 59.5 %
Benchmark Score 4537 0 % 992 78.1 %
Single Thread Score 2191.3 0 % 1281.2 41.5 %
Encrypting Data 1934.5 MB/s 14 % 2250.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 102.9 MB/s 0 % 33.1 MB/s 67.9 %
String objects sorting 14401.4 thousand/s 0 % 4580.7 thousand/s 68.2 %
Prime numbers generation 31.2 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 68.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25043 millions/s 0 % 8038.7 millions/s 67.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12523.7 millions/s 0 % 3521 millions/s 71.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790S, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790S Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.8 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 146.8 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 183.6 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 229.4 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.1 %

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 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.9 FPS 106.2 FPS
High settings 211.0 FPS 169.9 FPS
Medium settings 263.8 FPS 212.4 FPS
Low settings 329.7 FPS 265.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.5 %
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