Intel Core i5-4460 vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Compare Intel 4th 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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Intel Core i7-4790K

Price

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$ 64.04

$ 219.08 significantly less expensive

$ 283.12

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2038 points

3124 points

53% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3756 points

5019 points

33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1556 points

2564 points

64% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1494 points

2462 points

64% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2725 points

2813 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.05 points

73.53 points

79% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2935 points

4415 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1032 points

1357 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2954 points

4402 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1068 points

1403 points

31% 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

3.20 GHz

4 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

4.4 GHz

29% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

4% 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

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

709th of 1,089

520th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4460 vs Core i7-4790K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790K is faster than the Core i5-4460. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount 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 i5-4460. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4460 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-4460 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.