Intel Core i3-9100 vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-4790K

Price

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$ 72.99

$ 210.13 significantly less expensive

$ 283.12

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2845 points

3124 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5304 points

5% slightly better gaming score

5019 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2160 points

2564 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2073 points

2462 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

54.00 points

73.53 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3579 points

4415 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1335 points

1357 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3650 points

4402 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1394 points

1403 points

0.65% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

4 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.4 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35% slightly lower TDP

88 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

561st of 1,089

520th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-9100 vs Core i7-4790K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790K is faster than the Core i3-9100. Despite this, the Core i3-9100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4790K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-9100. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-9100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i3-9100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.