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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-8700 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-4790S on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-8700 is 1331 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-4790S.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790S
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-8700 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700
- Performs up to 6% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Core i7-4790S - 132 vs 124 FPS
- Up to 27% cheaper than Core i7-4790S - $200.0 vs $274.5
- Up to 31% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Core i7-4790S - $1.52 vs $2.21 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-4790S - 12 vs 8 threads
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i7-4790S Processor (8M Cache, 3.2 GHz) BX80646I74790S
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Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
FPS
132
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.52/FPS
100%
Price, $
$200
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i7-8700 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-4790S
Desktop • May 11th, 2014
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-4790S | vs | Intel Core i7-8700 |
|---|---|---|
| May 11th, 2014 | Release Date | Jan 1st, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Haswell | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-4790S or Core i7-8700
Grand Theft Auto V, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
91 FPS
$9.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-8700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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78 FPS
$11.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-8700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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98 FPS
$7.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-8700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$715.32
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43 FPS
$29.05/FPS
GeForce GTX 1050
Core i7-8700
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,249
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73 FPS
$34.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-8700
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,499
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