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AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs Intel Core i7-4790K. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2022
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
Released
Q2/2014
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Intel Core i7-4790K
Intel Core i7-4790K

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 4500 or Intel Core i7-4790K? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 / 12 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2022.

Intel Core i7-4790K has a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 88 W. Released in Q2/2014.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    806 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    6 left arrow 4
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 88 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 4500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    370 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    440 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    498 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    563 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 10% better clock speed

    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 7 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.40 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-4790K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    275 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    264 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    300 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    284 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    276 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    347 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    470 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    614 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    910 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    86 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    83 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    203 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    116 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    184 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    111 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    476 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD Ryzen 5 4500
Intel Core i7-4790K Intel Core i7-4790K
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i7
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 4000G left arrow Intel Core i 4000
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 4
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Frequency
    3.60 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow Intel HD Graphics 4600
  • GPU frequency
    -- left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.25 GHz
  • Execution units
    -- left arrow 20
  • Shader
    -- left arrow 160
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 2 GB
  • Max. displays
    -- left arrow 3
  • Generation
    -- left arrow 7.5
  • Technology
    -- left arrow 22 nm
  • Release date
    -- left arrow Q2/2013
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-4790K and AMD Ryzen 5 4500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and Intel Core i7-4790K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 88 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Ryzen 5 4500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    3.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Renoir (Zen 2) left arrow Devils Canyon S
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 22 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1150
  • Release date
    Q2/2022 left arrow Q2/2014

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and Intel Core i7-4790K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1182
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
1073
Intel Core i7-4790K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
6209
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
4001
Intel Core i7-4790K
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
11094
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
11445
Intel Core i7-4790K

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