Intel Core i7-4790K vs Intel Core i7-6700

Intel Core i7-4790K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i7-4790K
Intel Core i7-6700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i7-6700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    111%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    122%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    104%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 22% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-6700.
Around 11% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700

None

Intel Core i7-4790K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4790K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-6700
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
Boost 2.0
vPro

Architecture

Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-6700
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameHaswellvsSkylake
Release DateMay 2014vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-6700
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4600vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-6700
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 i7-4790KIntel Core i7-6700
SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
Packagevs
Die Size177mm²vsunknown
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-6700
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP88 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    4928 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    4600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    21504 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    18924 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    1807
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    1748

points per second - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    9476
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    8478

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    6520
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    6002.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    25082
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    24304.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    1.95
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    1.93

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    9.14
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    8.86

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    174
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    168.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    846
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    802

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    7.7
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    9.65

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    5.94
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    6.8

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    5534
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    5412.5

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    189.14
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    187.4

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    51.57
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    50.8

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    5
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    4.45

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    0.8
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    0.78

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    0.44
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    0.46

GB/s

Sunspider 1.0

  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    137
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    67.9

score - higher is better