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General information Core i7-4790 Core i3-4160
Launched Q2 2014 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1150 FCLGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 W 0 % 54 W 35.7 %
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 Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel HD Graphics 4400
Performance Core i7-4790 Core i3-4160
Overall Score 46674 0 % 38918 16.6 %
Future Proof 42 % 2.3 % 43 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4746 0 % 2294 51.7 %
Single Thread Score 2236.2 0 % 2010 10.1 %
Encrypting Data 2008.8 MB/s 58.8 % 4875.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 107.4 MB/s 0 % 50.2 MB/s 53.2 %
String objects sorting 14932.1 thousand/s 0 % 7138.6 thousand/s 52.2 %
Prime numbers generation 31.7 millions/s 0 % 13.9 millions/s 56.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 26130.8 millions/s 0 % 12247.6 millions/s 53.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13178.5 millions/s 0 % 6228.4 millions/s 52.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790, Core i3-4160.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790 Core i3-4160
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.9 FPS 70.0 FPS
High settings 148.6 FPS 112.0 FPS
Medium settings 185.8 FPS 139.9 FPS
Low settings 232.2 FPS 174.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.7 %

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 i3-4160
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.5 FPS 118.8 FPS
High settings 212.0 FPS 190.1 FPS
Medium settings 265.0 FPS 237.7 FPS
Low settings 331.3 FPS 297.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.3 %
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