AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Ryzen 5 2400G vs Core i7-4790K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2400G 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 2400G. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2400G 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.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.