Intel Core i7-9700K vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Core i7-9700K vs Core i7-4790K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9700K 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9700K has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-4790K has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700K. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4790K outputs less heat than Core i7-9700K thanks to a slightly 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. For instance, the Core i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.