Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i3-N305

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 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

2865 points
3% slightly better overall score
2781 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4473 points
2% slightly better gaming score
4373 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2388 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
2279 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2298 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
2166 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.87 points
46% significantly higher Blender score
43.57 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3891 points
4208 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1241 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1145 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

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% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W
15 W
459% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
77% significantly more pcie lanes
9

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
100% significantly more memory channels
1

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

558th of 1,089
573rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Core i3 N-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4-3200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-4790 vs Core i3-N305 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-N305 performs better than the Core i7-4790. Despite this, the Core i7-4790 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-N305 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790. Indeed, the Core i3-N305 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4790. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-N305 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4790. Despite this, the Core i7-4790 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-N305.

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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