AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i7-4790

Ryzen 7 1700X vs Core i7-4790 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1700X is faster than the Core i7-4790. 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 7 1700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-4790 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 1700X. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4790 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 1700X thanks to a 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 7 1700X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4790. The Ryzen 7 1700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 7 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.