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

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 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

2777 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4529 points

5% slightly better gaming score

4309 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2219 points

2303 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2130 points

2209 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.35 points

65.44 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3586 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3009 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1175 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

883 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3775 points

4033 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1204 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1125 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

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

580th of 1,089

576th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2016 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-4790S vs Xeon E5-1620 v4 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1620 v4 beats the Core i7-4790S in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4790S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1620 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4790S. Despite this, the Core i7-4790S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790S 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.

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.