AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7-4790S

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Intel Core i7-4790S
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i7-4790S

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    106%
  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    101%
  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    111%
  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

11% higher multi threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 6% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790S

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X.

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i7-4790S
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 1500XIntel Core i7-4790S
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsHaswell
Release DateJun 2017vsMay 2014

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i7-4790S
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i7-4790S
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i7-4790S
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs71°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size192mm²vs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i7-4790S
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock3500 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    3850 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    17177 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    16665 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    152
  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    150

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    799
  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    714

points - higher is better