Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Core i5-8600K vs Core i7-4790K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8600K performs better than the Core i7-4790K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8600K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790K. Indeed, the Core i5-8600K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4790K. Despite this, the Core i7-4790K has more threads than the Core i5-8600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8600K. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4790K outputs less heat than Core i5-8600K thanks to a 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 i5-8600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.