Processor Intel Core i7-4790K, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Intel Core i7-4790K

• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7
• Generation
  4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

Intel Core i7-4790K Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  4.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  4.20 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  --
• B core
  --
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4600
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.25 GHz
• Execution units
  20
• Shader
  160
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7.5
• DirectX Version
  11.1
• Technology
  22 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No
• VP8
  No
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode
• JPEG
  Decode

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

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

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  88 W
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

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

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