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Intel logo Core i7-8700K
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Intel logo Core i7-4790

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General information Core i7-8700K Core i7-4790
Launched Q4 2017 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 FCLGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 2.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.7 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 14.9 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 84 W 11.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 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 × 12 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 4600
Performance Core i7-8700K Core i7-4790
Overall Score 54501 0 % 46560 14.6 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 42 % 32.3 %
Benchmark Score 8823 0 % 4700 46.7 %
Single Thread Score 2742.9 0 % 2227.3 18.8 %
Encrypting Data 4818.8 MB/s 0 % 2013.8 MB/s 58.2 %
Compressing Data 194.9 MB/s 0 % 106.2 MB/s 45.5 %
String objects sorting 25694.2 thousand/s 0 % 15100.7 thousand/s 41.2 %
Prime numbers generation 39.3 millions/s 0 % 31.8 millions/s 18.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 46114.7 millions/s 0 % 26391.4 millions/s 42.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28790.7 millions/s 0 % 13139.1 millions/s 54.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-8700K, Core i7-4790.

Average frames per second Core i7-8700K Core i7-4790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.6 FPS 93.0 FPS
High settings 186.5 FPS 148.8 FPS
Medium settings 233.1 FPS 186.0 FPS
Low settings 291.4 FPS 232.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.2 %

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 i7-8700K Core i7-4790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.5 FPS 132.5 FPS
High settings 234.4 FPS 212.0 FPS
Medium settings 293.0 FPS 265.0 FPS
Low settings 366.3 FPS 331.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.6 %
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