Intel Core i7-2760QM vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Core i7-2760QM vs Core i7-4790K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4790K beats the Core i7-2760QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2760QM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2760QM. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-2760QM CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its 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 i7-2760QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.