Intel Core i7-4790K

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 4000
Family
Intel Core i7
Generation
4
Name
Intel Core i7-4790K
Predecessor
—
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
4 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
4
CPU Threads
8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
4.4 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
4.2 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
11.1
Execution units
20
Generation
7.5
GPU Frequency
350 MHz
GPU name
Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU Turbo
1250 MHz
Max. displays
3
Max. GPU Memory
2 GB
Release date
Q2/2013
Shader
160
Technology
22 nm

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
No
JPEG
Decode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
No
VP9
No

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
32 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
—
PCIe lanes
16
PCIe version
3.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
—
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
88 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Devils Canyon S
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
8.00 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q2/2014
Socket
LGA 1150
Technology
22 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Positions in all rankings

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

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

232 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

233 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

267 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

258 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

251 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

336 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

357 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

435 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

861 place
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

97 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

83 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

197 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

85 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

182 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

109 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

324 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Intel Core i7-4790K with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

1069

Intel Core i7-4790K

1078

Intel Core i5-1035G1

1074

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

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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

Higher values are better in this metric.

4936

Intel Core i7-4790K

5423

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

5349

Intel Core i5-11300H

All the benchmark results

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

411

Intel Core i7-4790K

412

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

412

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G

All the benchmark results

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

1982

Intel Core i7-4790K

2034

Intel Core i5-11300H

2001

Intel Core i3-10300T

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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

Higher values are better in this metric.

169

Intel Core i7-4790K

171

Intel Core i7-7567U

171

Intel Core i7-6700

All the benchmark results

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

854

Intel Core i7-4790K

869

Intel Xeon W-2223

866

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

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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

Higher values are better in this metric.

1073

Intel Core i7-4790K

1078

Intel Core i7-8557U

1077

Intel Core i5-9400

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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

Higher values are better in this metric.

4001

Intel Core i7-4790K

4081

Intel Core i7-7700

4077

Intel Xeon W-2123

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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

400 GFLOPS

Intel Core i7-4790K

403 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-9400

403 GFLOPS

Intel Pentium Gold G5500T

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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

407 s

Intel Core i7-4790K

400.9 s

Intel Core i5-8400

403.8 s

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

4302

Intel Core i7-4790K

4337

Intel Core i5-8500

4314

Intel Core i7-7700T

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

16686

Intel Core i7-4790K

16986

Intel Core i7-5775C

16986

Intel Core i7-5775R

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

1.97

Intel Core i7-4790K

1.98

Intel Core i5-6600K

1.97

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

9.67

Intel Core i7-4790K

9.69

Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6

9.69

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

The iGPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

33.4

Intel Core i7-4790K

34.3

Intel Core i3-5157U

Intel Core i3-8145U

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

11445

Intel Core i7-4790K

11597

Intel Core i7-8750H

11501

Intel Core i5-8500

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.