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General information Core i7-4790S Core2 Duo E4600
Launched Q2 2014 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Conroe
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 25 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 66.2 % 65 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
1 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4790S Core2 Duo E4600
Overall Score 46145 0 % 27346 40.7 %
Future Proof 42 % 0 % 10 % 76.2 %
Benchmark Score 4534 0 % 559 87.7 %
Single Thread Score 2212.2 0 % 936.9 57.6 %
Encrypting Data 1934.5 MB/s 0 % 1270.5 MB/s 34.3 %
Compressing Data 101.4 MB/s 0 % 18.8 MB/s 81.4 %
String objects sorting 14285.6 thousand/s 0 % 2565.7 thousand/s 82 %
Prime numbers generation 30.8 millions/s 0 % 3 millions/s 90.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25013.9 millions/s 0 % 3561.7 millions/s 85.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12695.2 millions/s 0 % 2008 millions/s 84.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790S, Core2 Duo E4600.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790S Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.7 FPS 37.2 FPS
High settings 146.7 FPS 59.6 FPS
Medium settings 183.4 FPS 74.5 FPS
Low settings 229.2 FPS 93.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 59.4 %

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 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.6 FPS 98.5 FPS
High settings 210.5 FPS 157.6 FPS
Medium settings 263.1 FPS 197.1 FPS
Low settings 328.9 FPS 246.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.1 %
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