Intel Core i5-1135G7 vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 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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Price

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$ 808.99
$ 283.12
$ 525.87 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2976 points
3124 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5093 points
1% slightly better gaming score
5019 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2371 points
2564 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2270 points
2462 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2891 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2813 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

53.33 points
73.53 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4557 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4415 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1587 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1357 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4495 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4402 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1592 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1403 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
4 GHz
66% significantly 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

15 W
486% significantly lower TDP
88 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

540th of 1,089
520th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-1135G7 vs Core i7-4790K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4790K beats the Core i5-1135G7 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-1135G7 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1135G7. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1135G7 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i5-1135G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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