Intel Core i7-11700F vs Intel Core i7-4790

Core i7-11700F vs Core i7-4790 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700F is faster than the Core i7-4790. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-11700F has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-4790 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700F. Despite this, the Core i7-11700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700F 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 info from our database shows that the Core i7-11700F has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4790. The Core i7-11700F also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-11700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.