Intel Core i7-4790S vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Intel Core i7-4790S
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i7-4790S
Intel Core i7-4790K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i7-4790K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    119%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    117%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    120%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790S

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790K

17% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 20% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 19% 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 i7-4790SIntel 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 i7-4790SIntel Core i7-4790K
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameHaswellvsHaswell
Release DateMay 2014vsMay 2014

Cores

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

Cache

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

Performance

Intel Core i7-4790SIntel Core i7-4790K
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs4400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs88 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    4368 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    4928 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    16665 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    21504 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    12557
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    15488

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    3621
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    4442

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    13566
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    17114

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    3379
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    4016

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    5566
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    6520

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    21072
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    25082

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    1.72
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    1.95

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    7.78
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    9.14

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    150
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    174

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    714
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    846

points - higher is better