AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3472 points
11% slightly better overall score
3124 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5565 points
10% slightly better gaming score
5019 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2824 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
2564 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2709 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
2462 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.25 points
73.53 points
6% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
4 GHz
73% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
486% significantly lower TDP
88 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

487th of 1,089
520th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 4500U vs Core i7-4790K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 4500U 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 4500U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4500U 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 4500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4500U. A Ryzen 5 4500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 4500U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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