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Is the Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1150
Clockspeed: 4.0 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.4 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 88 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) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz, Intel Core i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2014
CPUmark/$Price: 62.65
Overall Rank:
1545th fastest in multithreading out of 5150 CPUs
1034th fastest in single threading out of 5150 CPUs
473rd fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $128.69 USD (2025-06-12)
| Integer Math | 29,161 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 14,597 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 34 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 16,440 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,263 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 121,745 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 548 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 7,580 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,465 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $128.69 USD | Buy Now! |
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Intel® Core™ i7-14700KF Desktop Processor 20 cores (8 P-cores + 12 E-cores) up to 5.6 GHz |
$314.74 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,660 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,299 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,018 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,151 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,484 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,165 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,650 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 8,062 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.01 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 186.45 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.81 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 156.70 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.18 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 129.68 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 62.65 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 50.46 | |
| 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 i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,138 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 2,465 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2700114 - Jun 16 2025 | 8481 | |
| BL2699906 - Jun 16 2025 | 7406 | |
| BL2698133 - Jun 15 2025 | 8464 | |
| BL2697429 - Jun 15 2025 | 8330 | |
| BL2696223 - Jun 14 2025 [Overclocked] | 9422 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 8,062 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 7,266 (-9.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 9,834 (+22.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 9,218 (+14.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 8,738 (+8.4%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 7,054 (-12.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4770S @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 6,754 (-16.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 8,934 (+10.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 4300G vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 9,770 (+21.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 9,628 (+19.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 9,073 (+12.5%) | |
| Intel Core i3-10100F @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 8,708 (+8.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 8,637 (+7.1%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,483 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,152 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,302 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,842 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,587 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,485 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,277 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,805 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,768 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,656 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,521 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,493 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 924 |
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