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General information Core i7-4770K Core i3-540
Launched Q2 2013 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell Clarkdale
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 11.4 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 W 0 % 73 W 13.1 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 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
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i7-4770K Core i3-540
Overall Score 46328 0 % 31563 31.9 %
Future Proof 36 % 0 % 17 % 52.8 %
Benchmark Score 4606 0 % 992 78.5 %
Single Thread Score 2140.4 0 % 1281.2 40.1 %
Encrypting Data 1954.2 MB/s 13.2 % 2250.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 104.9 MB/s 0 % 33.1 MB/s 68.5 %
String objects sorting 14752.8 thousand/s 0 % 4580.7 thousand/s 69 %
Prime numbers generation 30.9 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 68 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25617 millions/s 0 % 8038.7 millions/s 68.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12828.2 millions/s 0 % 3521 millions/s 72.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4770K, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i7-4770K Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.3 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 147.7 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 184.6 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 230.8 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.4 %

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 i7-4770K Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.2 FPS 106.2 FPS
High settings 211.5 FPS 169.9 FPS
Medium settings 264.3 FPS 212.4 FPS
Low settings 330.4 FPS 265.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.7 %
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