Intel Core i7-4790K vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4

Core i7-4790K vs Xeon E5-1620 v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4790K beats the Xeon E5-1620 v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1620 v4 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 Xeon E5-1620 v4. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 v4 CPU because of its significantly 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.