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Intel logo Core i7-5820K
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General information Core i7-5820K Core i7-4790
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Haswell-E Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.3 GHz 8.3 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 10 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 84 W 40 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5820K Core i7-4790
Overall Score 50223 0 % 46559 7.3 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 42 % 2.3 %
Benchmark Score 6362 0 % 4699 26.1 %
Single Thread Score 1986 11.8 % 2251.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 2782.8 MB/s 0 % 2007.7 MB/s 27.9 %
Compressing Data 143.6 MB/s 0 % 107.4 MB/s 25.2 %
String objects sorting 20887.2 thousand/s 0 % 14819.3 thousand/s 29.1 %
Prime numbers generation 46.2 millions/s 0 % 31.8 millions/s 31.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 35848.8 millions/s 0 % 26024.2 millions/s 27.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 17871.2 millions/s 0 % 13126 millions/s 26.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5820K, Core i7-4790.

Average frames per second Core i7-5820K Core i7-4790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.9 FPS 93.0 FPS
High settings 166.2 FPS 148.8 FPS
Medium settings 207.7 FPS 186.0 FPS
Low settings 259.6 FPS 232.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.5 %

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 i7-5820K Core i7-4790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.1 FPS 132.6 FPS
High settings 222.5 FPS 212.2 FPS
Medium settings 278.1 FPS 265.3 FPS
Low settings 347.7 FPS 331.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.6 %
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