Intel Core i7-4790S vs AMD Ryzen 3 7320U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 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

2905 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4529 points

4530 points

0.02% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2219 points

2414 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2130 points

2315 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.35 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

42.57 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3775 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3589 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1204 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1176 points

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

33% slightly higher clock speed

2.40 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

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

580th of 1,089

550th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4790S vs Ryzen 3 7320U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 7320U beats the Core i7-4790S in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790S in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790S has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 7320U.

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 i7-4790S has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.