Core i7-4790K vs Ryzen 5 8400F specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8400F 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.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 8400F has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F 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 Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4790K. Also, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8400F outputs less heat than Core i7-4790K thanks to a slightly 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.
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