AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i7-4790

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop 8 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 184.99
$ 98.75
$ 86.24 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7430 points
159% significantly better overall score
2865 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8722 points
94% significantly better gaming score
4473 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7004 points
193% significantly better multitasking score
2388 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6877 points
199% significantly better heavy workload score
2298 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6694 points
174% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2441 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.94 points
208% significantly higher Blender score
63.87 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8659 points
130% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3751 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1948 points
65% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1174 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8946 points
129% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3891 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2013 points
62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1241 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.60 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
15% 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

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

168th of 1,089
558th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
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

-
No

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Core i7-4790 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5700G 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5700G has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-4790 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4790. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700G 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5700G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4790. The Ryzen 7 5700G also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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