Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series 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
3871 points
23% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5019 points
5312 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2564 points
3476 points
35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2462 points
3483 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.53 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
53.55 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4 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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

520th of 1,089
447th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-4790K vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G.

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.

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