Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Core i7-7700K vs Core i7-4790K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700K beats the Core i7-4790K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4790K. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4790K outputs less heat than Core i7-7700K 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 i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.