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General information Core i7-4790 Core i3-8300
Launched Q2 2014 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1150 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Coffee Lake
Clock 3.6 GHz 2.7 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 W 0 % 62 W 26.2 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
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 No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i7-4790 Core i3-8300
Overall Score 46674 0 % 45052 3.5 %
Future Proof 42 % 35.4 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4746 0 % 4120 13.2 %
Single Thread Score 2236.2 1.2 % 2263.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 2008.8 MB/s 0 % 1883.4 MB/s 6.2 %
Compressing Data 107.4 MB/s 0 % 81.9 MB/s 23.7 %
String objects sorting 14932.1 thousand/s 0 % 10123.3 thousand/s 32.2 %
Prime numbers generation 31.7 millions/s 12.2 % 36.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 26130.8 millions/s 0 % 16609.1 millions/s 36.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13178.5 millions/s 7.4 % 14224.8 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790, Core i3-8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790 Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.9 FPS 88.1 FPS
High settings 148.6 FPS 141.0 FPS
Medium settings 185.8 FPS 176.2 FPS
Low settings 232.2 FPS 220.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.2 %

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 i7-4790 Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.5 FPS 129.7 FPS
High settings 212.0 FPS 207.5 FPS
Medium settings 265.0 FPS 259.3 FPS
Low settings 331.3 FPS 324.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.1 %
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