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General information Core i7-3930K Core i7-4790
Launched Q4 2011 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.2 GHz 11.1 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 84 W 35.4 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3930K Core i7-4790
Overall Score 48113 0 % 46674 3 %
Future Proof 27 % 35.7 % 42 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5359 0 % 4746 11.4 %
Single Thread Score 1737 22.3 % 2236.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 2524 MB/s 0 % 2008.8 MB/s 20.4 %
Compressing Data 135.5 MB/s 0 % 107.4 MB/s 20.7 %
String objects sorting 20523.6 thousand/s 0 % 14932.1 thousand/s 27.2 %
Prime numbers generation 38 millions/s 0 % 31.7 millions/s 16.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32241.4 millions/s 0 % 26130.8 millions/s 19 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11922 millions/s 9.5 % 13178.5 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3930K, Core i7-4790.

Average frames per second Core i7-3930K Core i7-4790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 97.1 FPS 92.9 FPS
High settings 155.4 FPS 148.6 FPS
Medium settings 194.3 FPS 185.8 FPS
Low settings 242.9 FPS 232.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.4 %

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 i7-3930K Core i7-4790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.1 FPS 132.5 FPS
High settings 216.1 FPS 212.0 FPS
Medium settings 270.1 FPS 265.0 FPS
Low settings 337.6 FPS 331.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.9 %
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