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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-4790 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3258 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G3258 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-4790 is 32 days older than the cheaper Pentium G3258.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790
- Performs up to 10% better in Sea of Thieves than Pentium G3258 - 230 vs 209 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 8 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Up to 62% cheaper than Core i7-4790 - $51.36 vs $135.0
- Up to 58% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Core i7-4790 - $0.25 vs $0.59 per FPS
- Consumes up to 37% less energy than Intel Core i7-4790 - 53 vs 84 Watts
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Core i7-4790
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
FPS
230
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.59/FPS
42.37288135593221%
Price, $
$135
38%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i7-4790 Processor - BX80646I74790
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In Stock
Updated 361373 minutes ago
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
FPS
209
90.8695652173913%
Value, $/FPS
$0.25/FPS
100%
Price, $
$51.36
100%
Value Winner
Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
Buy for $51.36 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 361372 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Core i7-4790
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Single-Core
613
50.204750204750205%
Multi-Core
1074
27.8816199376947%
Intel Core i7-4790 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| May 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Pentium |
| Haswell | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 84 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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