AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-4790S

Ryzen 5 1400 vs Core i7-4790S specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790S is faster than the Ryzen 5 1400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1400 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. Both the Ryzen 5 1400 and Core i7-4790S have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-4790S has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.