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General information Core i7-4790 Core i3-3240
Launched Q2 2014 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1150 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 5.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 W 0 % 55 W 34.5 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 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 2500
Performance Core i7-4790 Core i3-3240
Overall Score 46560 0 % 34982 24.9 %
Future Proof 42 % 0 % 28 % 33.3 %
Benchmark Score 4699 0 % 1497 68.1 %
Single Thread Score 2222.8 0 % 1789.6 19.5 %
Encrypting Data 2032.1 MB/s 40.8 % 3432.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 106.2 MB/s 0 % 46.3 MB/s 56.5 %
String objects sorting 15030.9 thousand/s 0 % 6421.7 thousand/s 57.3 %
Prime numbers generation 32.2 millions/s 0 % 12.9 millions/s 60.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 26127.8 millions/s 0 % 10371.1 millions/s 60.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13085.6 millions/s 0 % 5288.6 millions/s 59.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 93.0 FPS 58.7 FPS
High settings 148.8 FPS 93.9 FPS
Medium settings 186.0 FPS 117.3 FPS
Low settings 232.5 FPS 146.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.9 %

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 i7-4790 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.6 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 212.2 FPS 179.6 FPS
Medium settings 265.2 FPS 224.5 FPS
Low settings 331.5 FPS 280.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.4 %
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