Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Core i3-12100 vs Core i7-4790K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100 beats the Core i7-4790K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-12100. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-12100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-12100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.