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In short — Core i7-4790S outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3258 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-4790S is 22 days older than the cheaper Pentium G3258.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790S
- Performs up to 11% better in World of Warcraft than Pentium G3258 - 176 vs 159 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 8 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Up to 56% cheaper than Core i7-4790S - $51.36 vs $117.23
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i7-4790S - 53 vs 65 Watts
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Intel Core i7-4790S Processor (8M Cache, 3.2 GHz) BX80646I74790S
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Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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TOP 5 Games
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Core i7-4790S
Desktop • May 11th, 2014
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Single-Core
613
51.42617449664429%
Multi-Core
1074
28.73963071982874%
Intel Core i7-4790S | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| May 11th, 2014 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Pentium |
| Haswell | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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