Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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
3137 points
0.42% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5019 points
10% slightly better gaming score
4530 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2564 points
2722 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2462 points
2633 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.53 points
86.82 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4402 points
5816 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1403 points
1691 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

520th of 1,089
519th 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
2023 January

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 7530U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U performs better than the Core i7-4790K. Despite this, the Core i7-4790K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U 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 Core i7-4790K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U 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.

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.

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