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General information Core i7-4790K Core i3-2100
Launched Q2 2014 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Sandy Bridge
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 22.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 88 W 0 % 65 W 26.1 %
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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i7-4790K Core i3-2100
Overall Score 47907 0 % 33138 30.8 %
Future Proof 42 % 0 % 23 % 45.2 %
Benchmark Score 5267 0 % 1206 77.1 %
Single Thread Score 2473.9 0 % 1418 42.7 %
Encrypting Data 2236.2 MB/s 13.2 % 2575.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 119.2 MB/s 0 % 38.6 MB/s 67.6 %
String objects sorting 16532.9 thousand/s 0 % 5839.3 thousand/s 64.7 %
Prime numbers generation 34.3 millions/s 0 % 12 millions/s 65.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29076.9 millions/s 0 % 8949.9 millions/s 69.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14529.6 millions/s 0 % 3384 millions/s 76.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790K, Core i3-2100.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790K Core i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 96.6 FPS 52.9 FPS
High settings 154.6 FPS 84.7 FPS
Medium settings 193.2 FPS 105.8 FPS
Low settings 241.5 FPS 132.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 45.2 %

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 i7-4790K Core i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 134.7 FPS 108.7 FPS
High settings 215.6 FPS 173.8 FPS
Medium settings 269.5 FPS 217.3 FPS
Low settings 336.8 FPS 271.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.4 %
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