Intel Core i7-4790K vs Intel Core i7-870

Core i7-4790K vs Core i7-870 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790K is faster than the Core i7-870. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-870 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-870. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-870 CPU because of its slightly 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.