Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 283.12
$ 116.49 significantly less expensive
$ 399.61

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3124 points
7335 points
134% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5019 points
8938 points
78% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2564 points
6797 points
165% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2462 points
6646 points
169% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2813 points
7297 points
159% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.53 points
209.61 points
185% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4415 points
10897 points
146% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1357 points
2052 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4402 points
11047 points
150% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1403 points
2117 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
3.40 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
19% slightly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

520th of 1,089
172nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2022 April

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 7 5800X3D comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D performs better than the Core i7-4790K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-4790K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU because of its 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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