Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 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

3% slightly better overall score

3021 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5019 points

8% slightly better gaming score

4632 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2564 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

2531 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2462 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

2429 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.53 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

57.87 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

11% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 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

535th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

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 2400G benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4790K performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G 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.

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.