Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i3-1215U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000 Intel Core i 1200P/1200U
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  4 12
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 2x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  - 4x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 1.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 1.8 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  11.1 12.1
• Execution units
  20 64
• Generation
  7.5 13
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2022
• Shader
  160 512
• Technology
  22 nm 10 nm

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

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-1215U and Intel Core i7-4790. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• PCIe
  - 4.0 x 28

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-4790 and Intel Core i3-1215U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  84 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 55 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-4790 and Intel Core i3-1215U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell S Alder Lake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  - 4.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 10 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q1/2022
• Socket
  LGA 1150 BGA 1744
• Technology
  22 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d