Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD Custom 0405

Core i7-4790K vs Custom 0405 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Custom 0405 beats the Core i7-4790K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has a much higher clock speed compared to the Custom 0405.

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 i7-4790K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.