Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

3147 points

0.74% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5019 points

0.60% slightly better gaming score

4989 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2564 points

2595 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2462 points

2494 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.53 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

64.47 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4402 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3685 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1403 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1171 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

42% slightly higher clock speed

2.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 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

518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5

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 5 7520U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4790K performs better than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U 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 Ryzen 5 7520U. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7520U outputs less heat than Core i7-4790K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.