Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Core i7-6700K vs Core i7-4790K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700K is faster 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 these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-6700K and Core i7-4790K are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4790K outputs less heat than Core i7-6700K thanks to a 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 i7-6700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.