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Intel logo Core i7-4790
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Intel logo Core i5-2500K

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General information Core i7-4790 Core i5-2500K
Launched Q2 2014 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1150 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 7.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 W 11.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 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
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel HD Graphics 3000
Performance Core i7-4790 Core i5-2500K
Overall Score 46559 0 % 40397 13.2 %
Future Proof 42 % 0 % 21 % 50 %
Benchmark Score 4699 0 % 2663 43.3 %
Single Thread Score 2235.2 0 % 1691.2 24.3 %
Encrypting Data 2009.8 MB/s 0 % 1029.7 MB/s 48.8 %
Compressing Data 107 MB/s 0 % 65.6 MB/s 38.6 %
String objects sorting 14973 thousand/s 0 % 9028 thousand/s 39.7 %
Prime numbers generation 31.7 millions/s 0 % 25.9 millions/s 18.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 26203.3 millions/s 0 % 14586.8 millions/s 44.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13110.9 millions/s 0 % 7338.8 millions/s 44 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790, Core i5-2500K.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790 Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.9 FPS 74.6 FPS
High settings 148.7 FPS 119.4 FPS
Medium settings 185.9 FPS 149.3 FPS
Low settings 232.3 FPS 186.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.7 %

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 i7-4790 Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.5 FPS 121.7 FPS
High settings 212.1 FPS 194.6 FPS
Medium settings 265.1 FPS 243.3 FPS
Low settings 331.3 FPS 304.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.2 %
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