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In short — Core i7-4790K outperforms Pentium G840 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-4790K is 1075 days newer than Pentium G840.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G840
- Consumes up to 26% less energy than Intel Core i7-4790K - 65 vs 88 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790K
- Performs up to 4% better in Dishonored 2 than Pentium G840 - 265 vs 255 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G840 - 8 vs 2 threads
Dishonored 2
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Pentium G840 Dual Core 2.8 GHz Intel HD Graphics Retail 2.8 2 LGA 1155 Processor - BX80623G840
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Pentium G840
Desktop • May 22nd, 2011
Core i7-4790K
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G840 | vs | Intel Core i7-4790K |
|---|---|---|
| May 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | May 1st, 2014 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i7 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 88 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 40.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 4600 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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