Intel Core i7-4790S vs Intel Core i7-8705G

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i7 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

2743 points

15% slightly better overall score

2382 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4529 points

23% slightly better gaming score

3668 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2219 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

1988 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2130 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

1908 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.35 points

61.13 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3586 points

3878 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1175 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1153 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3775 points

3988 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1204 points

1284 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

100% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

580th of 1,089

646th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2018 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4790S vs Core i7-8705G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790S is faster than the Core i7-8705G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8705G in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790S has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8705G. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-4790S has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.