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Core i7-4790 vs Core i3-12100

Core i7-4790 vs Core i3-12100: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100 outperforms Core i7-4790 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100 is 2805 days newer than Core i7-4790.

Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100

  • Performs up to 10% better in Borderlands 3 than Core i7-4790 - 236 vs 214 FPS
  • Consumes up to 29% less energy than Intel Core i7-4790 - 60 vs 84 Watts
This is a free version of Borderlands 3.
Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

Intel Core i7-4790 Logo
Core i7-4790

Desktop • May 1st, 2014


FPS

214

90.67796610169492%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

236

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€112.67

100%

FPS Winner

Intel® Core™ i3-12100, processore desktop, per sistemi desktop cache 12M, fino a 4,30 GHz

Buy for 112.67 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74186 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

Intel Core i7-4790 Logo
Core i7-4790

Desktop • May 1st, 2014

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-4790 Logo
Core i7-4790

Desktop • May 1st, 2014


Single-Core

1221

56.817124243834336%

Multi-Core

3852

56.01279627744656%

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2149

100%

Multi-Core

6877

100%

Intel Core i7-4790 Logo

Intel Core i7-4790

vs
Intel Core i3-12100 Logo

Intel Core i3-12100

May 1st, 2014Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
Core i7CollectionCore i3
HaswellCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1150SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores4
8Threads8
3.6 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.3 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.3 GHz
84 WTDP
60 W
22 nmProcess Size
10 nm
36.0x
Multiplier33.0x
Intel HD 4600Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

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