Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i7-4790

Intel Core i3-8100
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2018
Intel Core i3-8100
Intel Core i7-4790
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i7-4790

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i3-8100
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    114%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-8100
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    101%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-8100
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    127%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-8100

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 27% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 14% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-4790

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4790

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-4790

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4790

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-4790
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
HTT
vPro

Architecture

Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-4790
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameCoffee LakevsHaswell
Release DateJan 2018vsMay 2014

Cores

Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-4790
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 630vsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-4790
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-4790
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vs
Die Size151mm²vs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-4790
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-8100
    4320 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-8100
    13440 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    18816 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-8100
    598
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    765

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-8100
    155
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    158

points - higher is better