Intel Core i7-4770TE vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Intel Core i7-4770TE
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
2300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i7-4770TE
Intel Core i7-4790K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i7-4790K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4770TE
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    149%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4770TE
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    130%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4770TE
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    168%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4770TE

43 watts lower power draw.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 30% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 68% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 49% 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 i7-4770TEIntel Core i7-4790K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
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

Intel Core i7-4770TEIntel Core i7-4790K
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameHaswellvsHaswell
Release DateJun 2013vsMay 2014

Cores

Intel Core i7-4770TEIntel Core i7-4790K
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4600vsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Core i7-4770TEIntel Core i7-4790K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-4770TEIntel Core i7-4790K
SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp71°Cvs72°C
Packagevs
Die Size177mm²vs177mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-4770TEIntel Core i7-4790K
Cpu Frequency2300 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock3300 MHzvs4400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP45 Wvs88 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-4770TE
    3696 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    4928 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-4770TE
    12364 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    21504 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4770TE (simulated)
    133.69
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    174

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4770TE (simulated)
    502.71
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    846

points - higher is better