Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i5-3470

Core i7-4790 vs Core i5-3470 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4790 beats the Core i5-3470 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3470 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4790 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3470. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-3470 outputs less heat than Core i7-4790 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.