Core i7-4790K vs Core i3-6100
Both Core i7-4790K and Core i3-6100 have an identical monothread performance although their multithread performance are pretty different. These two models were released almost at the same time which could explain their performance similarity in monothread performance.
Comparison
Specs
Core i7-4790K
Core i3-6100
Base frequency
4000 MHz
3700 MHz
Boost frequency
4400 MHz
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Half load boost frequency
4300 MHz
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Socket
LGA 1150
LGA 1151
Cores
4
2
Threads
8
2
TDP
88 W
51 W
L1 cache
32+32 kb
32+32 kb
L2 cache
256 kb
256 kb
L3 cache
8192 kb
4096 kb
Proccess
0,022 um
0,014 um
# transistors
1400 M
1400 M
Architecture
Haswell
Skylake
Release date
5/2014
9/2015
Monothread performance
Mode 0 [FPU]
28610
28961 [+1.23%]
Mode III [AVX2]
53161
55659 [+4.7%]
Mode II [AVX]
41629
44734 [+7.46%]
Mode I [SSE3]
40823
43671 [+6.98%]
Multithread performance
Mode 0 [FPU]
119190
61102 [-95.07%]
Mode III [AVX2]
220485
123523 [-78.5%]
Mode II [AVX]
164261
95145 [-72.64%]
Mode I [SSE3]
167729
91705 [-82.9%]
Stats
Perf per MHz Mode 0
6.5
7.83 [+20.46%]
Perf per MHz Mode III
12.08
15.04 [+24.5%]
Perf per watt Mode 0
1354.43
1198.08 [-13.05%]
Perf per watt Mode III
2505.51
2422.02 [-3.45%]
Overclocking
The best frequency
4672 MHz
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