AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 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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Price

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$ 249.99
$ 33.13 slightly less expensive
$ 283.12

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2517 points
3124 points
24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points
5019 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1924 points
2564 points
33% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1846 points
2462 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

48.09 points
73.53 points
52% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3018 points
4415 points
46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1039 points
1357 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points
4402 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points
1403 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
4 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4.4 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35% slightly lower TDP
88 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

624th of 1,089
520th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 1300X vs Core i7-4790K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4790K beats the Ryzen 3 1300X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 1300X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4790K has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1300X. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1300X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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