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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-4790S outperforms the cheaper Pentium G6950 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-4790S is 1585 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G6950.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G6950
- Up to 37% cheaper than Core i7-4790S - $37.93 vs $60.04
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790S
- Performs up to 5% better in Halo Infinite than Pentium G6950 - 159 vs 151 FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Pentium G6950 - 65 vs 73 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G6950 - 8 vs 2 threads
Halo Infinite
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Pentium G6950 Processor 2.8GHz 3 MB Cache Socket LGA1156
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Intel Core i7-4790S Processor (8M Cache, 3.2 GHz) BX80646I74790S
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Core i7-4790S
Desktop • May 11th, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Single-Core
324
27.181208053691275%
Multi-Core
517
13.834626705913836%
Intel Pentium G6950 | vs | Intel Core i7-4790S |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7th, 2010 | Release Date | May 11th, 2014 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i7 |
| Clarkdale | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| 73 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 21.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 4600 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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