Intel Core i7-4790K vs Intel Core i7-5820K

Core i7-4790K vs Core i7-5820K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5820K is faster than the Core i7-4790K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-5820K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790K. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4790K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5820K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.