AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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

$ 58.40
$ 224.72 significantly less expensive
$ 283.12

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4496 points
43% significantly better overall score
3124 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points
20% slightly better gaming score
5019 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points
55% significantly better multitasking score
2564 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points
57% significantly better heavy workload score
2462 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3194 points
13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2813 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
73.53 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4415 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points
1357 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4402 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points
1403 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
4 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.4 GHz
22% 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

390th of 1,089
520th 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 1600 vs Core i7-4790K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1600 is faster than the Core i7-4790K. 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 Ryzen 5 1600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-4790K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1600. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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