Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i7-11800H

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i7 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
6296 points
119% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4473 points
8432 points
88% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2388 points
5628 points
135% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2298 points
5474 points
138% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2441 points
6720 points
175% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.87 points
150.35 points
135% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3751 points
8024 points
113% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points
1892 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3891 points
7795 points
100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1241 points
1896 points
52% 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

3.60 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.6 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W
45 W
86% significantly lower TDP

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
128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
24 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

558th of 1,089
236th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
11th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-4790 vs Core i7-11800H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11800H beats the Core i7-4790 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11800H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790. Indeed, the Core i7-11800H has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4790. 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 i7-11800H. Despite this, the Core i7-11800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-11800H 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 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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