AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series 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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Intel Core i7-4790K

Price

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$ 235.64

$ 47.48 slightly less expensive

$ 283.12

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5232 points

67% significantly better overall score

3124 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7191 points

43% significantly better gaming score

5019 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4599 points

79% significantly better multitasking score

2564 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4451 points

80% significantly better heavy workload score

2462 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4871 points

73% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

2813 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points

67% significantly higher Blender score

73.53 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6106 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4402 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1578 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1403 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

4 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.4 GHz

4% 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

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

322nd of 1,089

520th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

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

Ryzen 5 4600G vs Core i7-4790K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 4600G performs better 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 4600G 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 4600G. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 4600G 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 4600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.