Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i3-12100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  4 12
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000 Intel Core i 12000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i3-11100

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.

• Frequency
  3.60 GHz 3.30 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.00 GHz 4.30 GHz
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.80 GHz 4.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel UHD Graphics 730
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.20 GHz 1.40 GHz
• Execution units
  20 24
• Shader
  160 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  7.5 12
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2021

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-12100 and Intel Core i7-4790. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-4790 and Intel Core i3-12100 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  84 W 60 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 89 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 5.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Haswell S Alder Lake S
• Technology
  22 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1150 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q1/2022