Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD Ryzen 3 7320U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 4 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

3124 points

7% slightly better overall score

2905 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5019 points

10% slightly better gaming score

4530 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2564 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

2414 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2462 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

2315 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.53 points

72% significantly higher Blender score

42.57 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4402 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3589 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1403 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1176 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz

66% significantly higher clock speed

2.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

88 W

15 W

486% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

520th of 1,089

550th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4790K vs Ryzen 3 7320U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 7320U 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 7320U.

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.