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Intel logo Core i7-6700
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Intel logo Core i7-4790S

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General information Core i7-6700 Core i7-4790S
Launched Q3 2015 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-S Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 5.9 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 4000
Performance Core i7-6700 Core i7-4790S
Overall Score 47829 0 % 46145 3.5 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 42 % 14.3 %
Benchmark Score 5233 0 % 4534 13.4 %
Single Thread Score 2282.8 0 % 2192.5 4 %
Encrypting Data 2776.3 MB/s 0 % 1948.1 MB/s 29.8 %
Compressing Data 111.4 MB/s 0 % 102.5 MB/s 8 %
String objects sorting 14536.9 thousand/s 0 % 14292 thousand/s 1.7 %
Prime numbers generation 27.2 millions/s 11.5 % 30.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25589.2 millions/s 0 % 24883.8 millions/s 2.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 15911 millions/s 0 % 12657 millions/s 20.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6700, Core i7-4790S.

Average frames per second Core i7-6700 Core i7-4790S
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 96.7 FPS 91.7 FPS
High settings 154.8 FPS 146.7 FPS
Medium settings 193.5 FPS 183.4 FPS
Low settings 241.9 FPS 229.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.2 %

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 i7-6700 Core i7-4790S
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 134.7 FPS 131.8 FPS
High settings 215.6 FPS 210.8 FPS
Medium settings 269.4 FPS 263.5 FPS
Low settings 336.8 FPS 329.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.2 %
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