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Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1150
Clockspeed: 4.0 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.4 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 88 W
Cache Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 1.0 MB, L3: 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: 71.35
Overall Rank: 1129
Last Price Change: $112.99 USD (2023-06-02)
| Integer Math | 29,223 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 14,632 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 34 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 16,651 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,245 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 121,630 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 549 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 7,603 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,464 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,568 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,401 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,722 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,613 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,040 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,929 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,385 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,781 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,412 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,204 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 8,061 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 212.97 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 153.86 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 140.20 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 117.29 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 104.51 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.89 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 71.35 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 32.54 | |
| 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 | 4,650 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,187 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,050 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,943 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,842 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,709 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,360 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,939 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,663 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,569 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 2,464 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL5052175 - Nov 25 2023 | 5982 | |
| BL1954760 - Nov 25 2023 | 8460 | |
| BL5052131 - Nov 25 2023 | 5912 | |
| BL1954355 - Nov 25 2023 [Overclocked] | 9165 | |
| BL1954314 - Nov 25 2023 | 7933 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 8,061 | |
| Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 9,859 (+22.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 9,291 (+15.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 8,738 (+8.4%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 7,124 (-11.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4790S @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 7,001 (-13.2%) | |
| AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 6,085 (-24.5%) | |
| AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 5,086 (-36.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 8,939 (+10.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 8,090 (+0.4%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4771 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 7,126 (-11.6%) | |
| Intel Core i3-10100 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 8,687 (+7.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 8,660 (+7.4%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,202 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,078 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,569 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,426 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,335 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,244 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,863 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,817 | |
| Intel Core i5-14600K | 7,664 | |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX | 7,602 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,599 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,544 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 1,282 |