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

Core i3-12100F vs Core i7-4790K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100F 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number 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 i3-12100F. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-12100F 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-12100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.