Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Core i7-12700KF vs Core i7-4790K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700KF beats the Core i7-4790K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700KF has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-4790K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4790K outputs less heat than Core i7-12700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-12700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.