Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Intel Core i5-7500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7500
Intel Core i7-4790K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i7-4790K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    142%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    111%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    158%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7500

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

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790K

11% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 58% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 42% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-4790K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4790K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-4790K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4790K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-4790K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0
HTT

Architecture

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-4790K
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsHaswell
Release DateSep 2016vsMay 2014

Cores

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-4790K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-4790K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-4790K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-4790K
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs88 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    4080 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    4928 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    16320 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    21504 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    1489
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    1807

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    16155
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    25285

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    125
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    145.67

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    386.79
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    831.12

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    599
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    846

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    162
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    174

points - higher is better