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    Intel Core i7-4790K Overview

    Intel Core i7-4790K
    Type: DESKTOP
    Release date: May 2014
    Intel Core i7-4790K
    Intel_HaswellArchitecture
    4Cores
    8Threads
    4000 Mhz Frequency
    4400 MhzTurbo Clock
    88 W TDP

    Summary

    Relative performance

    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      138%
    • Intel Core i7-5930K
      115%
    • Intel Core i7-5820K
      112%
    • Intel Core i7-4960X
      112%
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      111%
    • Intel Core i7-4930K
      107%
    • Intel Core i7-3970X
      104%
    • Intel Core i7-3960X
      103%
    • Intel Core i7-3930K
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      96%
    • Intel Core i7-4770K
      92%
    • Intel Core i7-3770K
      86%
    • Intel Core i7-4820K
      85%
    • Intel Core i7-4790
      85%
    • Intel Core i5-4690K
      84%
    • Intel Core i7-3940XM
      84%
    • Intel Core i7-4771
      84%
    • Intel Core i7-4770
      83%
    • Intel Core i7-4930MX
      82%
    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      82%
    • Intel Core i5-4670K
      82%
    • Intel Core i7-4770R
      82%
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      82%
    • Intel Core i7-4980HQ
      81%
    • Intel Core i7-4910MQ
      81%
    • Intel Core i7-4790S
      81%
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      81%
    • Intel Core i7-4770S
      81%
    • Intel Core i7-2600K
      80%
    • Intel Core i7-990X
      80%
    • Intel Core i7-3770
      78%
    • Intel Core i7-4960HQ
      78%
    • Intel Core i7-3820
      77%
    • Intel Core i5-3570K
      77%
    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      76%
    • Intel Core i7-4900MQ
      76%
    • Intel Core i7-3840QM
      75%
    • Intel Core i7-4800MQ
      75%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      75%
    • Intel Core i7-4770T
      75%
    • Intel Core i7-3770S
      75%
    • Intel Core i5-2550K
      74%
    • Intel Core i5-4670
      74%
    • Intel Core i7-4850HQ
      74%
    • Intel Core i7-4810MQ
      73%
    • Intel Core i7-3740QM
      72%
    • Intel Core i5-2500K
      72%
    • Intel Core i7-4770HQ
      72%
    • Intel Core i7-3820QM
      72%
    • Intel Core i5-4590
      72%
    • AMD FX-9590
      71%
    • Intel Core i7-3720QM
      71%
    • Intel Core i5-6400
      70%
    • Intel Core i7-2600
      70%
    • Intel Core i5-4570
      70%
    • Intel Core i7-3770T
      69%
    • Intel Core i5-4590S
      69%
    • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
      69%
    • Intel Core i5-3570
      69%
    • Intel Core i7-4700HQ
      68%
    • Intel Core i5-3550
      68%
    • Intel Core i7-4710HQ
      68%
    • Intel Core i7-4712HQ
      68%
    • Intel Core i5-3570S
      68%
    • Intel Core i7-4702HQ
      68%
    • Intel Core i7-2960XM
      67%
    • Intel Core i5-4570S
      67%
    • Intel Core i5-3550S
      66%
    • Intel Core i7-3610QE
      66%
    • Intel Core i7-3615QM
      65%
    • Intel Core i5-4440
      65%
    • Intel Core i5-3470
      65%
    • Intel Core i5-3475S
      65%
    • Intel Core i3-4370
      64%
    • Intel Core i5-4670T
      64%
    • Intel Core i5-3450
      64%
    • AMD FX-8370
      64%
    • Intel Core i7-3610QM
      64%
    • AMD FX-9370
      64%
    • Intel Core i7-2860QM
      64%
    • Intel Core i7-4750HQ
      64%
    • Intel Core i7-4765T
      64%
    • Intel Core i7-2600S
      64%
    • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
      64%
    • Intel Core i7-3630QM
      64%
    • Intel Core i5-3470S
      64%
    • Intel Core i5-4570R
      63%
    • Intel Core i5-4430
      63%
    • Intel Pentium G3258
      63%
    • Intel Core i5-3450S
      63%
    • Intel Core i7-2920XM
      62%
    • Intel Core i5-2500
      62%
    • Intel Core i3-4360T
      62%
    • AMD FX-8350
      62%
    • Intel Core i7-3635QM
      61%
    • Intel Core i3-4340
      61%
    • Intel Core i5-2450P
      61%
    • Intel Core i5-3570T
      60%
    • Intel Core i7-3632QM
      60%
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      60%
    • Intel Core i5-3330
      60%
    • Intel Core i7-2760QM
      60%
    • Intel Core i3-4330
      60%
    • Intel Core i7-2820QM
      60%
    • Intel Core i3-4350
      59%
    • Intel Core i7-5557U
      59%
    • Intel Core i5-2380P
      59%
    • Intel Core i5-4430S
      59%
    • Intel Core i5-3350P
      59%
    • Intel Core i7-3612QM
      58%
    • Intel Core i3-4150T
      58%
    • Intel Core i5-5287U
      58%
    • Intel Core i5-2400
      58%
    • Intel Core i7-4600M
      58%
    • Intel Core i5-3330S
      57%
    • Intel Core i5-3335S
      57%
    • Intel Core i5-4570T
      56%
    • Intel Core i7-4558U
      56%
    • Intel Core i7-5650U
      56%
    • Intel Core i5-2320
      56%
    • Intel Core i3-4130
      56%
    • AMD FX-8320E
      56%
    • Intel Core i5-2500S
      56%
    • Intel Core i7-4650U
      55%
    • Intel Core i7-2720QM
      55%
    • Intel Core i5-5257U
      55%
    • Intel Core i7-3540M
      54%
    • AMD FX-8300
      54%
    • AMD FX-8150
      54%
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      54%
    • Intel Core i7-5600U
      53%
    • Intel Core i5-3380M
      53%
    • AMD FX-6350
      53%
    • Intel Core i7-3520M
      53%
    • Intel Core i5-3470T
      53%
    • Intel Core i5-3340M
      53%
    • Intel Core i5-3360M
      52%
    • Intel Core i3-4330T
      52%
    • Intel Core i7-2670QM
      52%
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      52%
    • Intel Core i5-4670S
      51%
    • Intel Core i5-2400S
      51%
    • Intel Core i5-4300M
      51%
    • Intel Core i7-2675QM
      51%
    • Intel Core i5-4288U
      51%
    • Intel Core i5-2500T
      50%
    • AMD FX-8120
      50%
    • Intel Core i5-2405S
      50%
    • Intel Core i7-4600U
      50%
    • Intel Core i7-2635QM
      50%
    • Intel Core i5-4258U
      50%
    • Intel Core i3-4130T
      50%
    • Intel Core i7-5500U
      49%
    • Intel Core i5-3320M
      49%
    • Intel Pentium G3430
      48%
    • AMD FX-6300
      48%
    • Intel Core i3-3225
      48%
    • Intel Core i7-2630QM
      48%
    • AMD FX-6200
      48%
    • Intel Core i3-3240
      48%
    • AMD A10-6800K
      48%
    • Intel Core i5-2390T
      47%
    • AMD A10-7850K
      47%
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      47%
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      47%
    • Intel Core i7-3687U
      46%
    • AMD FX-4350
      46%
    • Intel Core i5-5250U
      46%
    • Intel Pentium G3420
      46%
    • Intel Core i5-5300U
      46%
    • Intel Core i5-3230M
      46%
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      45%
    • AMD FX-6120
      45%
    • Intel Core i3-3210
      45%
    • Intel Core i7-3517UE
      45%
    • Intel Core i5-3210M
      45%
    • Intel Core i3-2125
      45%
    • AMD A10-7700K
      45%
    • Intel Core i5-2540M
      45%
    • Intel Core i7-3667U
      45%
    • Intel Core i3-2120T
      44%
    • AMD A10-6790K
      44%
    • AMD A10-6700T
      44%
    • Intel Core i5-4350U
      44%
    • Intel Core i5-2520M
      44%
    • Intel Core i5-5200U
      44%
    • AMD A8-6600K
      44%
    • AMD FX-6100
      44%
    • Intel Core i7-3537U
      43%
    • Intel Pentium G2130
      43%
    • Intel Core i5-2435M
      43%
    • AMD FX-4170
      43%
    • AMD A10-5800K
      43%
    • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
      43%
    • Intel Pentium G3220
      43%
    • Intel Core i5-4250U
      43%
    • AMD FX-8100
      42%
    • AMD FX-4300
      42%
    • AMD A8-5600K
      42%
    • Intel Core i5-2450M
      42%
    • Intel Core i3-2105
      42%
    • AMD A8-6500
      42%
    • Intel Core i3-2100
      42%
    • Intel Pentium G2120
      42%
    • Intel Core i7-3517U
      42%
    • Intel Core i5-3437U
      41%
    • Intel Core i3-3220T
      41%
    • Intel Core i5-4200U
      41%
    • Intel Celeron G1840
      41%
    • Intel Core i5-3427U
      40%
    • AMD A10-5700
      40%
    • Intel Core i3-3240T
      40%
    • Intel Core i5-2430M
      40%
    • Intel Celeron G1820
      39%
    • AMD FX-4130
      39%
    • Intel Pentium G870
      39%
    • Intel Core i5-2410M
      39%
    • Intel Pentium G2020
      38%
    • Intel Core i5-2415M
      38%
    • AMD FX-4100
      38%
    • AMD Phenom II X4 840
      38%
    • Intel Pentium G850
      37%
    • Intel Core i3-3130M
      37%
    • Intel Core i3-5010U
      37%
    • Intel Pentium G2010
      37%
    • Intel Pentium G860T
      37%
    • Intel Celeron G1630
      37%
    • AMD A8-5500
      37%
    • Intel Core i5-2557M
      37%
    • Intel Core i5-3317U
      37%
    • Intel Core i5-3337U
      37%
    • Intel Pentium G3220T
      37%
    • Intel Core i3-4000M
      36%
    • Intel Pentium G840
      36%
    • Intel Celeron G1620T
      36%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 651
      36%
    • AMD A8-3870K
      36%
    • Intel Core i3-2100T
      36%
    • AMD Athlon II X3 460
      35%
    • AMD A8-3850
      35%
    • Intel Core i3-3120M
      35%
    • Intel Pentium G645
      35%
    • Intel Core i3-5005U
      35%
    • Intel Celeron G1610
      35%
    • Intel Core i3-3110M
      34%
    • Intel Pentium G2020T
      34%
    • AMD A6-6400K
      34%
    • Intel Pentium G640
      34%
    • Intel Pentium 2030M
      33%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 641
      33%
    • Intel Core i7-3689Y
      33%
    • Intel Pentium G630
      33%
    • AMD A6-3670K
      33%
    • AMD A10-5750M
      32%
    • AMD Athlon II X2 280
      32%
    • AMD A4-6300
      32%
    • Intel Celeron G550
      32%
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      32%
    • AMD A6-3650
      32%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 631
      31%
    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      31%
    • AMD A6-5400K
      31%
    • Intel Celeron G1610T
      31%
    • Intel Pentium G645T
      31%
    • AMD A6-5400B
      31%
    • Intel Pentium G620
      31%
    • Intel Celeron G540
      31%
    • Intel Pentium G6960
      31%
    • Intel Celeron G530
      31%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 620e
      31%
    • AMD A10-5757M
      31%
    • AMD A8-3820
      31%
    • Intel Core i3-2350M
      31%
    • Intel Core i3-2312M
      30%
    • AMD A8-3800
      30%
    • AMD Athlon II X2 270
      30%
    • AMD A10-4600M
      30%
    • AMD A4-5300
      30%
    • Intel Core i3-2328M
      30%
    • Intel Core i3-2330M
      29%
    • Intel Pentium B980
      29%
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      29%
    • Intel Pentium G630T
      29%
    • Intel Core i3-4010U
      29%
    • Intel Core i3-3227U
      29%
    • Intel Core i5-4200Y
      29%
    • AMD Athlon II X3 425e
      29%
    • Intel Pentium B970
      28%
    • Intel Core i3-2310M
      28%
    • AMD A6-3620
      28%
    • Intel Pentium B960
      27%
    • Intel Core i5-3339Y
      27%
    • AMD A8-5557M
      27%
    • Intel Core i5-2467M
      27%
    • AMD A6-3600
      27%
    • AMD A4-4000
      27%
    • Intel Celeron G540T
      27%
    • Intel Pentium B950
      27%
    • Intel Core i3-3217UE
      27%
    • AMD A8-5550M
      26%
    • Intel Pentium G620T
      26%
    • AMD A4-5150M
      26%
    • AMD A10-5745M
      26%
    • Intel Celeron 1000M
      26%
    • AMD A8-3550MX
      26%
    • Intel Pentium B940
      26%
    • AMD A8-3530MX
      25%
    • AMD A4-3420
      25%
    • Intel Celeron 1037U
      25%
    • AMD A6-5357M
      25%
    • Intel Pentium 3556U
      25%
    • AMD A6-3430MX
      25%
    • Intel Pentium 2117U
      25%
    • AMD A6-5350M
      25%
    • Intel Celeron B840
      24%
    • AMD A8-3510MX
      24%
    • AMD A6-5345M
      24%
    • AMD A4-3400
      24%
    • AMD A10-4655M
      24%
    • AMD A8-4500M
      24%
    • AMD A6-4400M
      24%
    • Intel Core i5-2537M
      24%
    • AMD A6-3500
      23%
    • Intel Celeron B830
      23%
    • Intel Core i3-4010Y
      23%
    • AMD A4-3300
      23%
    • AMD A6-5200
      22%
    • AMD A4-4300M
      22%
    • AMD A8-3520M
      22%
    • Intel Celeron 2955U
      22%
    • Intel Celeron B820
      22%
    • Intel Core i3-2377M
      22%
    • AMD A8-5545M
      22%
    • Intel Celeron B810
      21%
    • AMD A6-3410MX
      21%
    • AMD E2-3200
      21%
    • Intel Celeron B815
      21%
    • AMD A8-4555M
      21%
    • Intel Pentium 997
      20%
    • Intel Celeron G465
      20%
    • AMD A6-3420M
      20%
    • AMD A8-3500M
      20%
    • Intel Atom Z3770
      20%
    • Intel Celeron 887
      20%
    • Intel Core i3-2367M
      20%
    • Intel Pentium 3560Y
      20%
    • Intel Celeron 1007U
      20%
    • Intel Core i3-3229Y
      20%
    • Intel Celeron B800
      19%
    • Intel Pentium P6300
      19%
    • AMD A4-3310MX
      19%
    • AMD A6-3400M
      19%
    • Intel Celeron G460
      19%
    • AMD A4-3330MX
      19%
    • Intel Celeron 877
      19%
    • Intel Core i3-2357M
      19%
    • AMD A4-3305M
      18%
    • AMD A6-4455M
      18%
    • AMD A4-3320M
      18%
    • Intel Pentium 987
      18%
    • Intel Pentium 967
      18%
    • AMD A4-5000
      18%
    • Intel Celeron 857
      17%
    • AMD A4-3300M
      17%
    • Intel Atom Z3740
      17%
    • AMD A4-4355M
      17%
    • Intel Celeron G440
      16%
    • Intel Celeron 867
      16%
    • AMD E2-3000M
      16%
    • Intel Pentium 2129Y
      15%
    • AMD E2-3000
      15%
    • Intel Celeron 847
      15%
    • AMD A6-1450
      14%
    • Intel Pentium U5600
      12%
    • AMD E1-2500
      11%
    • AMD E2-2000
      11%
    • AMD E2-1800
      11%
    • AMD E-350
      10%
    • AMD E-450
      10%
    • Intel Atom D2700
      10%
    • AMD E1-1500
      9%
    • AMD E1-1200
      9%
    • AMD A4-1200
      9%
    • AMD E1-2100
      9%
    • Intel Atom D2550
      9%
    • AMD A4-1250
      9%
    • Intel Atom N2800
      8%
    • AMD E-300
      8%
    • Intel Atom Z2760
      8%
    • AMD C-60
      8%
    • Intel Atom D2500
      8%
    • Intel Atom N570
      7%
    • AMD E-240
      7%
    • AMD C-70
      7%
    • Intel Atom N2600
      7%
    • AMD Z-01
      7%
    • AMD C-50
      6%
    • Intel Atom Z670
      4%

    Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

    The Intel Core i7-4790K 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 i7-4790K 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 Frequency4000 MHz
    Turbo Clock4400 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHz
    Voltageunknown
    TDP88 W

    Compared to similar performing CPUs

    Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i3-6100Intel Core i7-6700KIntel Core i5-6600KIntel Core i5-6600
    Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i3-6100Intel Core i7-6700KIntel Core i5-6600KIntel Core i5-6600
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    ArchitectureIntel_HaswellIntel_SkylakeIntel_SkylakeIntel_SkylakeIntel_Skylake
    Process Node22 nm14 nm14 nm14 nm14 nm
    Cores/Threads4/82/44/84/44/4
    Release DateMay 2014Sep 2015Aug 2015Jul 2015Jul 2015

    Benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      4422
    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      4217
    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      4016
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      3934
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      3709

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      17181
    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      15488
    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      13321
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      11527
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      8336

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      4980
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      4975
    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      4677
    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      4442
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      3970

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      19391
    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      17114
    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      15019
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      12482
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      10509

    points - higher is better