Intel Core i7-4770 vs Intel Core i7-4790S

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2793 points
1% slightly better overall score
2743 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4464 points
4529 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2300 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
2219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2209 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
2130 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.61 points
0.44% slightly higher Blender score
60.35 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3652 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3586 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1143 points
1175 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3812 points
0.98% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3775 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1210 points
0.50% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1204 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.40 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W
65 W
29% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

571st of 1,089
580th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-4770 vs Core i7-4790S specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4770 performs better than the Core i7-4790S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790S in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4770 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4790S. Despite this, the Core i7-4790S has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4790S outputs less heat than Core i7-4770 thanks to a 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 i7-4770 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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