Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i5-1035G4

Core i7-4790 vs Core i5-1035G4 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4790 performs better than the Core i5-1035G4. Despite this, the Core i5-1035G4 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i7-4790 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1035G4. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1035G4 outputs less heat than Core i7-4790 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i7-4790 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-4790 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.