Intel Core i7-6700T vs Intel Core i7-4790S

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th 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

2714 points

2743 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4539 points

0.22% slightly better gaming score

4529 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2180 points

2219 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2087 points

2130 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.88 points

60.35 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3628 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3586 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1154 points

1175 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3579 points

3775 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1206 points

0.17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1204 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

2.8 GHz

3.2 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

584th of 1,089

580th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700T vs Core i7-4790S benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700T is faster than the Core i7-4790S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790S 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 i7-4790S has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6700T. Also, the Core i7-4790S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790S 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 i7-6700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.