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Best Bench: 80% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 58% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 58% Great: 80%

SPEED RANK: 371^st / 1442

Gaming 71%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 58%

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Best Bench: 67% Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 31% Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 31% Great: 67%

SPEED RANK: 652^nd / 1442

Gaming 56%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 42%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		71.4 %	Faster effective speed. +27%		56.3 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	82.6 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +8%	76.2 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	98.4 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +55%	63.4 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	187 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +56%	120 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	327 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +63%	201 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	482 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +73%	279 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	93.6 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +6%	87.9 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	109 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +37%	79.3 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	214 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +40%	153 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	377 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +37%	276 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	551 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +49%	370 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.67 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,575%	0.04 %
Value Value For Money	87.1 %	Much better value. +41%	61.7 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	62 %	More popular. +13%	55 %
Price Price (score)	$135	Much cheaper. +32%	$200


Age Newest	120 Months	More recent. +21%	152 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	84 Watts		45 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +46%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		8 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +31%	32 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +64%	2.2 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +29%	3.1 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	556 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +50%	371 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	495 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +76%	281 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Haswell	Sandy Bridge
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1150	FCPGA988
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 4600	HD 3000
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'14	Q4'11
Cache Cache	8 MB SmartCache	6 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0	AVX
Lithography Lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$303.00 - $312.00	N/A
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	4 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2	5 GT/s DMI
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V	DDR3 1066/1333
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	21.3 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 4600	Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	350 MHz	650 MHz
Graphics Output Graphics Output	eDP/DP/HDMI/DVI/VGA	eDP/DP/HDMI/SDVO/CRT
# of Displays Supported # of Displays Supported ‡	3	2
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.2 GHz	1.1 GHz
Package Size Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5 (rPGA998)
Graphics and IMC Lithography Graphics and IMC Lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	Yes	No
vPro Tech Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡	Yes	No
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	Yes	No
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	Up to 3.0	2.0
PCI Express Configurations PCI Express Configurations ‡	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4	1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
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The Core i7-4790 is the third upgrade to Intel's flagship quad core hyper-threaded CPU. This version, like its predecessor the i7-4771, gets a 100 MHz bump in stock frequency and additionally the i7-4790 also gets a 100 MHz turbo frequency bump. These improvements (~4%) are marginal and practically impossible to discern in day to day use. Looking at a benchmark comparison between the 4771 and 4790 verifies that there is little difference between the two CPUs. Although the i7-4790 isn't much of a step forward, it's still one of the best (locked) mainstream processors on the market. AMD hasn't been able to compete with Intel on single threaded performance for several years, consequently Intel have no need to push the envelope. Overclockers should wait for the 4790K which is rumoured to be released shortly. ^{[May '14 CPUPro]}

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The Intel Core i7-2370QM is a 2009 Sandy Bridge laptop CPU. With four physical cores and eight threads the 2370QM is able to handle single, dual and multi-core workloads equally well. Comparing the 2670QM and the 3630QM, its Ivy Bridge counterpart, shows that the newer Ivy Bridge processor is approximately 30% faster, has the same TDP (45 Watts) and shares a common socket (FCPGA988) with the 2370QM. An interesting comparison is between the 2670QM and the 2600K, these processors share the same micro-architecture (Sandy Bridge) yet the desktop 2600K is over 50% faster. The gap between Laptop and Desktop processors has been significantly narrowed in newer generations. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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