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General information Core i7-4790K Core i7-960
Launched Q2 2014 Q4 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Bloomfield
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 20 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 20.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 88 W 32.3 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 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
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-4790K Core i7-960
Overall Score 47907 0 % 38407 19.8 %
Future Proof 42 % 0 % 15 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 5267 0 % 2176 58.7 %
Single Thread Score 2473.9 0 % 1452.2 41.3 %
Encrypting Data 2236.2 MB/s 52.1 % 4666.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 119.2 MB/s 0 % 71.4 MB/s 40.1 %
String objects sorting 16532.9 thousand/s 0 % 9912.8 thousand/s 40 %
Prime numbers generation 34.3 millions/s 0 % 23.2 millions/s 32.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29076.9 millions/s 0 % 18110.1 millions/s 37.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14529.6 millions/s 0 % 7684.6 millions/s 47.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790K, Core i7-960.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790K Core i7-960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 96.6 FPS 68.4 FPS
High settings 154.6 FPS 109.5 FPS
Medium settings 193.2 FPS 136.9 FPS
Low settings 241.5 FPS 171.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.2 %

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 i7-960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 134.7 FPS 117.9 FPS
High settings 215.6 FPS 188.7 FPS
Medium settings 269.5 FPS 235.8 FPS
Low settings 336.8 FPS 294.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.5 %
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