Intel Core i5-9500 vs Intel Core i7-4790

Core i5-9500 vs Core i7-4790 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-9500 performs better than the Core i7-4790. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-9500 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790. Indeed, the Core i5-9500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4790. Despite this, the Core i7-4790 has more threads than the Core i5-9500. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-9500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4790. The Core i5-9500 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-9500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.