AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i7-4790K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500X 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 3500X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4790K. Despite this, the Core i7-4790K has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500X. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500X 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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.