Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 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

2865 points
2898 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4473 points
6% slightly better gaming score
4205 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2388 points
2534 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2298 points
2452 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.87 points
84.75 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3891 points
7276 points
86% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1241 points
2112 points
70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.60 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5.4 GHz
35% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
96 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
6.5 MiB
550% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

558th of 1,089
554th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-4790 vs Core 7 150U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core 7 150U beats the Core i7-4790 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4790 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-4790 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core 7 150U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4790. The Core 7 150U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-4790 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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