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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: NA
Overall Rank:
1458th fastest in multithreading out of 5034 CPUs
962nd fastest in single threading out of 5034 CPUs
446th fastest in out of 1420 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: NA
| Integer Math | 29,190 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 14,610 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 34 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 16,479 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,263 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 121,788 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 549 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 7,582 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,466 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $132.51 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
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Intel® Core™ i7-14700KF Desktop Processor 20 cores (8 P-cores + 12 E-cores) up to 5.6 GHz |
$319.97 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,754 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,334 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,050 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,498 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,125 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,870 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,197 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,718 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,634 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 8,067 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 236.43 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 130.81 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 101.30 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.35 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | NA | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,612 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,144 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,019 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,901 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,923 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 2,466 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2513058 - Mar 27 2025 | 8447 | |
| BL2512698 - Mar 27 2025 | 7514 | |
| BL2511324 - Mar 27 2025 | 8628 | |
| BL2510561 - Mar 27 2025 | 8907 | |
| BL2510139 - Mar 26 2025 [Overclocked] | 9393 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 8,067 | |
| AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 6,137 (-23.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 7,267 (-9.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4790S @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 7,009 (-13.1%) | |
| AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 6,779 (-16.0%) | |
| AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 6,315 (-21.7%) | |
| AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 6,078 (-24.7%) | |
| Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 9,832 (+21.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 9,228 (+14.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 8,734 (+8.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 7,743 (-4.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 7,135 (-11.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-4790K | 7,061 (-12.5%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,187 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,340 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,856 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,606 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,538 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,296 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,825 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,698 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,530 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,445 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,407 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 9,292 | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz | 925 |
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