Intel Core i5-9600K vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Core i5-9600K vs Core i7-4790K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-9600K 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-9600K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-4790K has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-4790K has more threads than the Core i5-9600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9600K. Despite this, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4790K outputs less heat than Core i5-9600K 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 i5-9600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.