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General information Core i9-9900K Core i7-4790
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 FCLGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 20 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 84 W 11.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 4600
Performance Core i9-9900K Core i7-4790
Overall Score 58662 0 % 46559 20.6 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 42 % 38.2 %
Benchmark Score 11842 0 % 4699 60.3 %
Single Thread Score 2932 0 % 2211.7 24.6 %
Encrypting Data 6570.8 MB/s 0 % 2040.2 MB/s 69 %
Compressing Data 280.2 MB/s 0 % 108 MB/s 61.5 %
String objects sorting 36655.6 thousand/s 0 % 14984 thousand/s 59.1 %
Prime numbers generation 47.4 millions/s 0 % 32 millions/s 32.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 66345.4 millions/s 0 % 26390.4 millions/s 60.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40847.1 millions/s 0 % 13164.4 millions/s 67.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900K, Core i7-4790.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900K Core i7-4790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 128.9 FPS 93.0 FPS
High settings 206.3 FPS 148.8 FPS
Medium settings 257.9 FPS 186.0 FPS
Low settings 322.3 FPS 232.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.9 %

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 i9-9900K Core i7-4790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.9 FPS 132.6 FPS
High settings 246.2 FPS 212.1 FPS
Medium settings 307.7 FPS 265.1 FPS
Low settings 384.7 FPS 331.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.8 %
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