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Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Core i7-4790K. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2015
Intel Core i7-6700
Intel Core i7-6700
Released
Q2/2014
Overall score
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Intel Core i7-4790K
Intel Core i7-4790K

What's the best choice Intel Core i7-6700 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.

Intel Core i7-6700 has a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q3/2015.

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

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    548 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 88 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-6700 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    274 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    265 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    308 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    303 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    274 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    361 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    552 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    638 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    778 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    85 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    54 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    219 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    48 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    172 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    41 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    531 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    563 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 15% better clock speed

    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 9 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.40 GHz left arrow 4.00 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
Intel Core i7-6700 Intel Core i7-6700
Intel Core i7-4790K Intel Core i7-4790K
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Core i7 left arrow Intel Core i7
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 4
  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 6000 left arrow Intel Core i 4000
  • Successor
    Intel Core i7-7700 left arrow --
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.

  • Frequency
    3.40 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.00 GHz left arrow 4.40 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (4 Cores)
    3.70 GHz left arrow 4.20 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
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
    Intel HD Graphics 530 left arrow Intel HD Graphics 4600
  • GPU frequency
    0.35 GHz left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.15 GHz left arrow 1.25 GHz
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow 20
  • Shader
    192 left arrow 160
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow 2 GB
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 7.5
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 11.1
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 22 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2015 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)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-4790K and Intel Core i7-6700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6700 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
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-6700 and Intel Core i7-6700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Skylake S left arrow Devils Canyon S
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 22 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1151 left arrow LGA 1150
  • Release date
    Q3/2015 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 Intel Core i7-6700 and Intel Core i7-4790K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1071
Intel Core i7-6700
1069
Intel Core i7-4790K
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading
4921
Intel Core i7-6700
4936
Intel Core i7-4790K
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
406
Intel Core i7-6700
411
Intel Core i7-4790K
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading
1774
Intel Core i7-6700
1982
Intel Core i7-4790K
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
171
Intel Core i7-6700
169
Intel Core i7-4790K
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
816
Intel Core i7-6700
854
Intel Core i7-4790K
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
983
Intel Core i7-6700
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
3801
Intel Core i7-6700
4001
Intel Core i7-4790K
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
442
Intel Core i7-6700
400
Intel Core i7-4790K
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them
409.7
Intel Core i7-6700
407
Intel Core i7-4790K
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
4519
Intel Core i7-6700
4302
Intel Core i7-4790K
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
15655
Intel Core i7-6700
16686
Intel Core i7-4790K
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D
2.08
Intel Core i7-6700
1.97
Intel Core i7-4790K
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D
9.12
Intel Core i7-6700
9.67
Intel Core i7-4790K
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
The iGPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene, based on CINEMA 4D
41.4
Intel Core i7-6700
33.4
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
10212
Intel Core i7-6700
11445
Intel Core i7-4790K

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