AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7-4790

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 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

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 79.99
$ 18.76 slightly less expensive
$ 98.75

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3338 points
16% slightly better overall score
2865 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5184 points
15% slightly better gaming score
4473 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2778 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
2388 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2668 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
2298 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3720 points
52% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2441 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.62 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
63.87 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3735 points
3751 points
0.43% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1114 points
1174 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points
3891 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1109 points
1241 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
3.60 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
29% slightly lower TDP
84 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

499th of 1,089
558th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
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 5 1500X vs Core i7-4790 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1500X performs better than the Core i7-4790. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1500X. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1500X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 1500X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4790. The Ryzen 5 1500X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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