Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Pentium G3440T. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000 Intel Pentium G3000
• Generation
  4 5
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Pentium
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No No
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.80 GHz -
• CPU Threads
  8 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.00 GHz No turbo
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Frequency
  3.60 GHz 2.80 GHz
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q4/2012
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• DirectX Version
  11.1 11.1
• Generation
  7.5 7.5
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Shader
  160 80
• Execution units
  20 10
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.20 GHz 1.10 GHz
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.20 GHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium G3440T and Intel Core i7-4790. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-4790 and Intel Pentium G3440T to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  84 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-4790 and Intel Core i7-4790, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q2/2014
• Socket
  LGA 1150 LGA 1150
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Architecture
  Haswell S Haswell S
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 3.00 MB
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)