AMD FX-4130 vs Intel Core i7-4790

AMD FX-4130
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2013
AMD FX-4130
Intel Core i7-4790
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i7-4790

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-4130
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    218%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4130
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    182%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4130
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    254%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-4130

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790

Much higher single threaded performance (around 82% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 154% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
41 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-4130.
Around 118% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-4790

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4790

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-4790

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4790

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-4130Intel Core i7-4790
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD FX-4130Intel Core i7-4790
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsHaswell
Release DateJan 2013vsMay 2014

Cores

AMD FX-4130Intel Core i7-4790
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD FX-4130Intel Core i7-4790
L1 Cache192 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache4096 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-4130Intel Core i7-4790
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-4130Intel Core i7-4790
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4130
    2440 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4130
    7603 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    18816 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-4130
    5220
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    13330

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-4130
    1827
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    3492

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4130 (simulated)
    90.91
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    158

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4130 (simulated)
    302.15
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    765

points - higher is better