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Intel Core i7 4790

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 4790 vs 3770

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4790
15.62 mHash/s
Core i7 3770
9.07 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4790
1.96 fps
Core i7 3770
-1 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4790
3,288
Core i7 3770
3,001

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4790
3,588
Core i7 3770
2,141

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4790
7,674
Core i7 3770
6,072

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4790
13,718
Core i7 3770
12,524

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4790
3,632
Core i7 3770
3,236

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4790
4,570,000 MB/s
Core i7 3770
2,660,000 MB/s

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 4790  vs
3770 
Clock speed 3.6 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo clock speed 4 GHz 3.9 GHz
Cores Quad core Quad core
Socket type
LGA 1150
LGA 1155
Is unlocked No No

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
F16C
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
EM64T
SSE
SSE4.1
FMA3
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 84W 77W
Annual home energy cost 20.24 $/year 18.55 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 73.58 $/year 67.45 $/year
Performance per watt 10.77 pt/W 7.25 pt/W
Typical power consumption 68.25W 62.56W

bus
Architecture DMI 2.0 DMI
Number of links 0 1
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s

details

 Core i7 4790  vs
3770 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 8 8
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core 2 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm 22 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 36 34
Operating temperature Unknown - 72.72°C Unknown - 67.4°C

overclocking
PassMark (Overclocked) 6,039.5 3,085.5

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 4600 Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Number of displays supported 3 3
GPU clock speed 350 MHz 650 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,200 MHz 1,150 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC No No
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 32,768 MB
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