Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

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

3172 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5019 points

1% slightly better gaming score

4936 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2564 points

2640 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2462 points

2535 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4415 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3447 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1357 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

911 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4402 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3602 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1403 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1144 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

14% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

88 W

65 W

35% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

520th of 1,089

515th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4790K vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 performs better than the Core i7-4790K. Despite this, the Core i7-4790K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 PRO 1500. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.