AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-4790

AMD Ryzen 5 1400
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1400
Intel Core i7-4790
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i7-4790

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    119%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    125%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    113%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1400

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790

Much higher single threaded performance (around 25% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
13% higher multi threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 1400.
Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-4790

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4790

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-4790
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-4790
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsHaswell
Release DateApr 2017vsMay 2014

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-4790
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-4790
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-4790
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size192mm²vs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-4790
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    3740 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    17177 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    18816 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    4204.5
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    5926

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    17556.5
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    22667

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    1.53
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    1.79

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    7.78
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    8.29

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    134
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    158

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    705
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    765

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    13.88
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    9.08

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    7.8
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    6.39

seconds - lower is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    146.9
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    171

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    43
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    46

FPS - higher is better