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    Intel Core i7-4790 Overview

    Intel Core i7-4790
    Type: DESKTOP
    Release date: May 2014
    Intel Core i7-4790
    Intel_HaswellArchitecture
    4Cores
    8Threads
    3500 Mhz Frequency
    3900 MhzTurbo Clock
    84 W TDP

    Summary

    Relative performance

    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      162%
    • Intel Core i7-5930K
      135%
    • Intel Core i7-5820K
      132%
    • Intel Core i7-4960X
      131%
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      130%
    • Intel Core i7-4930K
      126%
    • Intel Core i7-3970X
      122%
    • Intel Core i7-3960X
      120%
    • Intel Core i7-3930K
      117%
    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      117%
    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      112%
    • Intel Core i7-4770K
      108%
    • Intel Core i7-3770K
      101%
    • Intel Core i7-4820K
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-4790
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-4690K
      99%
    • Intel Core i7-3940XM
      99%
    • Intel Core i7-4771
      98%
    • Intel Core i7-4770
      97%
    • Intel Core i7-4930MX
      96%
    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      96%
    • Intel Core i5-4670K
      96%
    • Intel Core i7-4770R
      96%
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      96%
    • Intel Core i7-4980HQ
      95%
    • Intel Core i7-4910MQ
      95%
    • Intel Core i7-4790S
      95%
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      95%
    • Intel Core i7-4770S
      95%
    • Intel Core i7-2600K
      94%
    • Intel Core i7-990X
      94%
    • Intel Core i7-3770
      92%
    • Intel Core i7-4960HQ
      92%
    • Intel Core i7-3820
      90%
    • Intel Core i5-3570K
      90%
    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      89%
    • Intel Core i7-4900MQ
      89%
    • Intel Core i7-3840QM
      88%
    • Intel Core i7-4800MQ
      88%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      88%
    • Intel Core i7-3770S
      87%
    • Intel Core i5-2550K
      87%
    • Intel Core i7-4770T
      87%
    • Intel Core i5-4670
      87%
    • Intel Core i7-4850HQ
      86%
    • Intel Core i7-4810MQ
      86%
    • Intel Core i7-3740QM
      85%
    • Intel Core i5-2500K
      84%
    • Intel Core i7-4770HQ
      84%
    • Intel Core i7-3820QM
      84%
    • Intel Core i5-4590
      84%
    • AMD FX-9590
      83%
    • Intel Core i7-3720QM
      83%
    • Intel Core i5-6400
      82%
    • Intel Core i7-2600
      82%
    • Intel Core i5-4570
      82%
    • Intel Core i7-3770T
      81%
    • Intel Core i5-4590S
      81%
    • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
      81%
    • Intel Core i5-3570
      80%
    • Intel Core i7-4700HQ
      80%
    • Intel Core i7-4710HQ
      80%
    • Intel Core i5-3550
      80%
    • Intel Core i7-4712HQ
      79%
    • Intel Core i7-4702HQ
      79%
    • Intel Core i5-4570S
      79%
    • Intel Core i5-3570S
      78%
    • Intel Core i7-2960XM
      78%
    • Intel Core i5-3550S
      77%
    • Intel Core i7-3615QM
      76%
    • Intel Core i7-3610QE
      76%
    • Intel Core i5-4440
      76%
    • Intel Core i5-3470
      76%
    • Intel Core i3-4370
      75%
    • AMD FX-8370
      75%
    • AMD FX-9370
      75%
    • Intel Core i7-3610QM
      75%
    • Intel Core i5-3450
      75%
    • Intel Core i7-2860QM
      75%
    • Intel Core i7-4750HQ
      75%
    • Intel Core i7-4765T
      75%
    • Intel Core i5-3475S
      75%
    • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
      74%
    • Intel Core i7-3630QM
      74%
    • Intel Core i5-3470S
      74%
    • Intel Core i5-4670T
      74%
    • Intel Core i5-4570R
      74%
    • Intel Core i5-4430
      74%
    • Intel Core i7-2600S
      74%
    • Intel Pentium G3258
      74%
    • Intel Core i5-3450S
      73%
    • Intel Core i7-2920XM
      73%
    • Intel Core i5-2500
      73%
    • AMD FX-8350
      73%
    • Intel Core i7-3635QM
      72%
    • Intel Core i3-4360T
      72%
    • Intel Core i3-4340
      71%
    • Intel Core i7-3632QM
      71%
    • Intel Core i5-2450P
      70%
    • Intel Core i5-3330
      70%
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      70%
    • Intel Core i7-2760QM
      70%
    • Intel Core i7-2820QM
      70%
    • Intel Core i5-3570T
      70%
    • Intel Core i3-4330
      70%
    • Intel Core i7-5557U
      69%
    • Intel Core i5-3350P
      69%
    • Intel Core i3-4350
      69%
    • Intel Core i5-2380P
      68%
    • Intel Core i7-3612QM
      68%
    • Intel Core i5-4430S
      68%
    • Intel Core i3-4150T
      68%
    • Intel Core i5-2400
      68%
    • Intel Core i7-4600M
      67%
    • Intel Core i5-3330S
      67%
    • Intel Core i5-5287U
      67%
    • Intel Core i5-4570T
      66%
    • Intel Core i7-4558U
      66%
    • Intel Core i5-3335S
      66%
    • Intel Core i5-2320
      65%
    • Intel Core i7-5650U
      65%
    • AMD FX-8320E
      65%
    • Intel Core i3-4130
      65%
    • Intel Core i7-2720QM
      65%
    • Intel Core i5-2500S
      64%
    • Intel Core i7-4650U
      64%
    • AMD FX-8300
      64%
    • AMD FX-8150
      63%
    • Intel Core i5-5257U
      63%
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      63%
    • Intel Core i7-3540M
      63%
    • Intel Core i7-5600U
      62%
    • AMD FX-6350
      62%
    • Intel Core i7-3520M
      62%
    • Intel Core i5-3470T
      62%
    • Intel Core i5-3340M
      61%
    • Intel Core i5-3380M
      61%
    • Intel Core i5-3360M
      61%
    • Intel Core i7-2670QM
      61%
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      60%
    • Intel Core i3-4330T
      60%
    • Intel Core i5-2400S
      60%
    • Intel Core i5-4300M
      60%
    • Intel Core i5-4670S
      59%
    • AMD FX-8120
      59%
    • Intel Core i7-2675QM
      59%
    • Intel Core i7-4600U
      59%
    • Intel Core i5-4288U
      58%
    • Intel Core i5-2500T
      58%
    • Intel Core i5-2405S
      58%
    • Intel Core i5-4258U
      58%
    • Intel Core i3-4130T
      58%
    • Intel Core i7-2635QM
      57%
    • Intel Core i7-5500U
      57%
    • Intel Core i5-3320M
      57%
    • AMD FX-6300
      57%
    • Intel Core i3-3225
      57%
    • Intel Core i7-2630QM
      56%
    • Intel Pentium G3430
      56%
    • Intel Core i3-3240
      56%
    • AMD A10-6800K
      56%
    • AMD FX-6200
      55%
    • AMD A10-7850K
      55%
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      55%
    • Intel Core i5-2390T
      55%
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      55%
    • AMD FX-4350
      54%
    • Intel Core i5-5250U
      54%
    • Intel Pentium G3420
      54%
    • Intel Core i7-3687U
      54%
    • Intel Core i5-3230M
      54%
    • Intel Core i5-5300U
      54%
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      53%
    • AMD FX-6120
      53%
    • Intel Core i5-3210M
      53%
    • Intel Core i3-2125
      53%
    • Intel Core i5-2540M
      52%
    • Intel Core i3-3210
      52%
    • Intel Core i7-3667U
      52%
    • Intel Core i7-3517UE
      52%
    • AMD A10-7700K
      52%
    • Intel Core i3-2120T
      52%
    • AMD A10-6700T
      52%
    • Intel Core i5-2520M
      51%
    • AMD A10-6790K
      51%
    • AMD A8-6600K
      51%
    • Intel Core i5-5200U
      51%
    • AMD FX-6100
      51%
    • Intel Core i7-3537U
      51%
    • Intel Core i5-2435M
      51%
    • Intel Core i5-4350U
      51%
    • AMD A10-5800K
      51%
    • Intel Pentium G2130
      50%
    • Intel Pentium G3220
      50%
    • Intel Core i5-4250U
      50%
    • AMD FX-4170
      50%
    • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
      50%
    • AMD FX-4300
      49%
    • AMD A8-5600K
      49%
    • Intel Core i5-2450M
      49%
    • AMD FX-8100
      49%
    • AMD A8-6500
      49%
    • Intel Core i3-2100
      49%
    • Intel Core i7-3517U
      49%
    • Intel Core i3-2105
      48%
    • Intel Pentium G2120
      48%
    • Intel Core i5-3437U
      48%
    • Intel Core i5-4200U
      48%
    • Intel Core i3-3220T
      47%
    • Intel Celeron G1840
      47%
    • Intel Core i5-3427U
      47%
    • Intel Core i5-2430M
      46%
    • AMD A10-5700
      46%
    • Intel Core i3-3240T
      46%
    • Intel Core i5-2410M
      45%
    • Intel Celeron G1820
      45%
    • AMD FX-4130
      45%
    • Intel Pentium G870
      45%
    • Intel Pentium G2020
      45%
    • Intel Core i5-2415M
      45%
    • AMD FX-4100
      44%
    • Intel Core i3-5010U
      44%
    • AMD Phenom II X4 840
      43%
    • AMD A8-5500
      43%
    • Intel Core i5-2557M
      43%
    • Intel Pentium G850
      43%
    • Intel Core i5-3317U
      43%
    • Intel Core i3-3130M
      43%
    • Intel Core i5-3337U
      43%
    • Intel Pentium G2010
      43%
    • Intel Pentium G860T
      43%
    • Intel Celeron G1630
      43%
    • Intel Core i3-4000M
      43%
    • Intel Pentium G3220T
      42%
    • Intel Celeron G1620T
      42%
    • AMD A8-3870K
      42%
    • Intel Pentium G840
      42%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 651
      42%
    • Intel Core i3-2100T
      41%
    • Intel Core i3-3120M
      41%
    • Intel Pentium G645
      41%
    • AMD Athlon II X3 460
      41%
    • AMD A8-3850
      41%
    • Intel Core i3-5005U
      41%
    • Intel Celeron G1610
      41%
    • Intel Core i3-3110M
      40%
    • Intel Pentium G2020T
      39%
    • AMD A6-6400K
      39%
    • Intel Pentium G640
      39%
    • Intel Pentium 2030M
      39%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 641
      39%
    • Intel Pentium G630
      38%
    • Intel Core i7-3689Y
      38%
    • AMD A10-5750M
      38%
    • AMD A6-3670K
      38%
    • AMD Athlon II X2 280
      37%
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      37%
    • AMD A4-6300
      37%
    • Intel Celeron G550
      37%
    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      37%
    • Intel Pentium G620
      37%
    • AMD A6-3650
      37%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 631
      36%
    • Intel Celeron G1610T
      36%
    • Intel Celeron G530
      36%
    • AMD A6-5400K
      36%
    • Intel Pentium G645T
      36%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 620e
      36%
    • AMD A6-5400B
      36%
    • Intel Celeron G540
      36%
    • Intel Core i3-2350M
      36%
    • Intel Pentium G6960
      36%
    • AMD A8-3820
      36%
    • AMD A10-5757M
      36%
    • AMD Athlon II X2 270
      35%
    • AMD A10-4600M
      35%
    • AMD A8-3800
      35%
    • Intel Core i3-2312M
      35%
    • AMD A4-5300
      35%
    • Intel Core i3-2328M
      35%
    • Intel Core i3-2330M
      35%
    • Intel Pentium B980
      34%
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      34%
    • Intel Core i3-4010U
      34%
    • Intel Pentium G630T
      34%
    • Intel Core i3-3227U
      34%
    • Intel Core i3-2310M
      33%
    • Intel Core i5-4200Y
      33%
    • AMD Athlon II X3 425e
      33%
    • Intel Pentium B970
      33%
    • Intel Pentium B960
      32%
    • AMD A6-3620
      32%
    • Intel Core i5-2467M
      32%
    • Intel Core i5-3339Y
      32%
    • AMD A8-5557M
      32%
    • AMD A6-3600
      32%
    • Intel Pentium B950
      31%
    • AMD A4-4000
      31%
    • Intel Celeron G540T
      31%
    • Intel Core i3-3217UE
      31%
    • AMD A8-5550M
      31%
    • Intel Pentium G620T
      30%
    • AMD A10-5745M
      30%
    • Intel Celeron 1000M
      30%
    • AMD A4-5150M
      30%
    • Intel Pentium B940
      30%
    • AMD A4-3420
      30%
    • AMD A8-3550MX
      30%
    • AMD A8-3530MX
      29%
    • Intel Celeron 1037U
      29%
    • AMD A6-5357M
      29%
    • AMD A6-3430MX
      29%
    • Intel Pentium 3556U
      29%
    • Intel Pentium 2117U
      29%
    • AMD A6-5350M
      28%
    • AMD A8-4500M
      28%
    • Intel Celeron B840
      28%
    • AMD A8-3510MX
      28%
    • AMD A6-5345M
      28%
    • AMD A4-3400
      28%
    • AMD A10-4655M
      28%
    • AMD A6-4400M
      27%
    • Intel Core i5-2537M
      27%
    • AMD A6-3500
      27%
    • Intel Celeron B830
      26%
    • Intel Core i3-4010Y
      26%
    • AMD A6-5200
      26%
    • AMD A4-3300
      26%
    • AMD A4-4300M
      26%
    • Intel Celeron 2955U
      26%
    • AMD A8-3520M
      26%
    • Intel Celeron B820
      25%
    • Intel Core i3-2377M
      25%
    • AMD A8-5545M
      25%
    • Intel Celeron B810
      25%
    • AMD A6-3410MX
      25%
    • AMD E2-3200
      24%
    • AMD A8-4555M
      24%
    • Intel Celeron B815
      24%
    • AMD A6-3420M
      24%
    • Intel Pentium 997
      24%
    • Intel Celeron G465
      23%
    • AMD A8-3500M
      23%
    • Intel Celeron 1007U
      23%
    • Intel Atom Z3770
      23%
    • Intel Celeron 887
      23%
    • Intel Core i3-2367M
      23%
    • Intel Pentium 3560Y
      23%
    • Intel Core i3-3229Y
      23%
    • Intel Pentium P6300
      22%
    • Intel Celeron B800
      22%
    • AMD A6-3400M
      22%
    • AMD A4-3310MX
      22%
    • Intel Celeron G460
      22%
    • AMD A4-3330MX
      22%
    • Intel Celeron 877
      22%
    • Intel Core i3-2357M
      22%
    • AMD A6-4455M
      21%
    • AMD A4-3305M
      21%
    • AMD A4-3320M
      21%
    • Intel Pentium 987
      21%
    • Intel Pentium 967
      21%
    • AMD A4-5000
      21%
    • Intel Celeron 857
      20%
    • AMD A4-3300M
      20%
    • Intel Atom Z3740
      20%
    • AMD A4-4355M
      19%
    • Intel Celeron G440
      19%
    • Intel Celeron 867
      19%
    • AMD E2-3000M
      18%
    • Intel Pentium 2129Y
      18%
    • AMD E2-3000
      18%
    • Intel Celeron 847
      17%
    • AMD A6-1450
      16%
    • Intel Pentium U5600
      14%
    • AMD E1-2500
      13%
    • AMD E2-2000
      13%
    • AMD E2-1800
      13%
    • AMD E-350
      12%
    • AMD E-450
      12%
    • Intel Atom D2700
      11%
    • AMD E1-1500
      11%
    • AMD E1-1200
      11%
    • AMD E1-2100
      11%
    • AMD A4-1200
      11%
    • Intel Atom D2550
      10%
    • AMD A4-1250
      10%
    • Intel Atom N2800
      10%
    • AMD E-300
      10%
    • Intel Atom Z2760
      9%
    • AMD C-60
      9%
    • Intel Atom D2500
      9%
    • Intel Atom N570
      9%
    • AMD E-240
      8%
    • Intel Atom N2600
      8%
    • AMD C-70
      8%
    • AMD Z-01
      8%
    • AMD C-50
      7%
    • Intel Atom Z670
      5%

    Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

    The Intel Core i7-4790 is a cpu released by Intel on May 2014. This processor is based on the architecture and packs 1400 million transistors on a 22 nm, 177 mm² die.

    Intel Core i7-4790 pros and cons


    Specifications


    Features

    Architecture

    ArchitectureIntel_Haswell
    MarketDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3
    CodenameHaswell
    Release DateMay 2014

    Cores

    Cores4
    Threads8
    E-Coresnone
    SMPs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4600

    Cache

    L1 Cache64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    SocketIntel Socket 1150
    Max Case Temp72°C
    Package
    Die Size177mm²
    Process22 nm

    Performance

    Cpu Frequency3500 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHz
    Voltageunknown
    TDP84 W

    Compared to similar performing CPUs

    Intel Core i7-4790Intel Core i3-6100Intel Core i5-6600KIntel Core i5-6600Intel Core i5-6500
    Intel Core i7-4790Intel Core i3-6100Intel Core i5-6600KIntel Core i5-6600Intel Core i5-6500
    compare
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    ArchitectureIntel_HaswellIntel_SkylakeIntel_SkylakeIntel_SkylakeIntel_Skylake
    Process Node22 nm14 nm14 nm14 nm14 nm
    Cores/Threads4/82/44/44/44/4
    Release DateMay 2014Sep 2015Jul 2015Jul 2015Jul 2015

    Benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      4217
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      3934
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      3709
    • Intel Core i7-4790
      3492
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      3438

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i7-4790
      13330
    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      13321
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      11527
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      10602
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      8336

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i3-6100
      4975
    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      4677
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      3970
    • Intel Core i7-4790
      3771
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      3693

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      15019
    • Intel Core i7-4790
      14356
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      12482
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      11265
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      10509

    points - higher is better