Intel Core i7-3770K vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Core i7-3770K vs Core i7-4790K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4790K beats the Core i7-3770K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3770K. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3770K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-3770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.