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Is the Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1150
Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 84 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 32 GB (DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM\x09 i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz, Intel Core i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2014
CPUmark/$Price: 76.44
Overall Rank:
1823rd fastest in multithreading out of 5459 CPUs
1446th fastest in single threading out of 5459 CPUs
519th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $95.00 USD (2025-10-09)
| Integer Math | 26,125 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 13,102 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 32 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 14,737 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,037 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 109,580 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 497 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 6,836 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,228 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,564 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,394 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,959 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,147 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,847 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,522 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,113 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,686 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,653 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz | 7,262 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 260.09 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 169.50 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 157.71 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 127.59 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 126.25 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 102.16 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz | 76.44 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 53.75 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,697 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,602 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,892 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,485 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,468 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,916 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz | 2,228 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3063688 - Nov 18 2025 | 7267 | |
| BL3062940 - Nov 18 2025 | 7430 | |
| BL3061731 - Nov 17 2025 | 6933 | |
| BL3060906 - Nov 17 2025 [Excluded] | 6104 | |
| BL3060707 - Nov 17 2025 | 7724 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz | 7,262 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 8,061 (+11.0%) | |
| AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 5,470 (-24.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 5,586 (-23.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-6700T @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 6,990 (-3.7%) | |
| Intel Core i3-10105F @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 8,916 (+22.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 8,641 (+19.0%) | |
| Intel Core i3-10100 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 8,526 (+17.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 6,738 (-7.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 6,261 (-13.8%) | |
| AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 6,183 (-14.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3770S @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 6,171 (-15.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790 | 5,692 (-21.6%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,420 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,133 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,253 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,802 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,507 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,494 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,270 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,629 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,497 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,473 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,402 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz | 837 |
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