Intel Core i3-1125G4 vs Intel Core i7-4790S

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2810 points

2% slightly better overall score

2743 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4729 points

4% slightly better gaming score

4529 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2253 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

2219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2154 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

2130 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.54 points

60.35 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4219 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3586 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1435 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1175 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4001 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3775 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1417 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1204 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

568th of 1,089

580th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-1125G4 vs Core i7-4790S benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790S is faster than the Core i3-1125G4. Despite this, the Core i3-1125G4 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. A Core i3-1125G4 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790S CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-1125G4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.