Core i7-4790 vs Ryzen 3 7320U benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 7320U performs better than the Core i7-4790. Despite this, the Core i7-4790 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 7320U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 7320U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 3 7320U 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 7320U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4790. Despite this, the Core i7-4790 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 7320U.
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.
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