AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i7-4790

Compare AMD 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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Intel Core i7-4790

Price

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$ 130.00

$ 98.75

$ 31.25 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points

45% significantly better overall score

2865 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

47% significantly better gaming score

4473 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

41% slightly better multitasking score

2388 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

41% slightly better heavy workload score

2298 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points

58% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

2441 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

63.87 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3751 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1174 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3891 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1241 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

3.60 GHz

0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

29% slightly lower TDP

84 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

300% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

558th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i7-4790 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500X beats the Core i7-4790 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-4790 has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-4790 has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500X 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 3500X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4790. The Ryzen 5 3500X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.