Intel Core i7-4771 vs Intel Core i9-9900KS

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 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

2798 points
7509 points
168% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4428 points
9220 points
108% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2314 points
6930 points
199% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2221 points
6769 points
204% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.73 points
173.21 points
185% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3819 points
8419 points
120% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1158 points
1690 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3893 points
8569 points
120% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1229 points
1789 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
4.01 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
5 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W
51% significantly lower TDP
127 W

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
128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,109
173rd of 1,109

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
9th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-4771 vs Core i9-9900KS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9900KS is faster than the Core i7-4771. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4771 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9900KS has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4771. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KS has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4771. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4771. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900KS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4771. Also, the Core i9-9900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4771 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900KS CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-4771 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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