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| | Intel Core i7 4770K vs 4790K |
Released June, 2013
Intel Core i7 4770K
- 3.5 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
by Legit Reviews (Jun, 2013)The AMD A10-5800K APU hasn't been in the lead in any benchmark yet, but here we can see that it excels in graphics and had an overall score in Fire Strike of 1098, which is 20% faster than the new Intel Core i7-4770K processor.
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Released April, 2014
Intel 4790K
- 4 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the 4790K
| | Higher turbo clock speed 4.4 GHz | | Higher clock speed 4 GHz |
| | Better PassMark (Single core) score 2,534 | | Better PassMark score 11,300 |
by PCMag (Jul, 2014)The Core i7-4790K is still based on Intel's fourth-generation Core architecture, codenamed Haswell.
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 4770K vs 4790K
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| Core i7 4770K 8.3 4790K 8.4 | |
| Cinebench R10 32-bit, Passmark and GeekBench | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| Core i7 4770K 9.4 4790K 10.0 | |
| Cinebench R10 32-bit (1-core) and Passmark (Single Core) | |
Power Consumption | |
How much power does the processor require? | |
| Core i7 4770K 5.1 4790K 5.1 | |
| TDP | |
Value | |
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| Core i7 4770K 6.6 4790K 6.8 | |
| Performance Per Dollar | |
No winner declared
Too close to call
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Core i7 4770K vs the 4790K. | |||||||
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| Higher turbo clock speed | 4.4 GHz | vs | 3.9 GHz | Around 15% higher turbo clock speed | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 4 GHz | vs | 3.5 GHz | Around 15% higher clock speed | |||
| Better PassMark (Single core) score | 2,534 | vs | 2,165 | More than 15% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
| Better PassMark score | 11,300 | vs | 10,016 | Around 15% better PassMark score | |||
| Better cinebench r10 32Bit 1-core score | 8,785 | vs | 7,718 | Around 15% better cinebench r10 32Bit 1-core score | |||
| Marginally newer | Apr, 2014 | vs | Jun, 2013 | Release date 10 months later | |||
| Better cinebench r10 32Bit score | 33,538 | vs | 30,095 | More than 10% better cinebench r10 32Bit score | |||
Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 4770K vs 4790K
Cinebench R10 32-Bit
Core i7 4770K
30,095
4790K
33,538
4790K | by PCMag (Jul, 2014)The gains are smallest in general-application suites like PCMark 7 and larger in CPU-intensive programs like Photoshop CS6, the rendering program POV-RAY, and the 3D rendering test, Cinebench 11.5.
Passmark
Core i7 4770K
10,016
4790K
11,300
Core i7 4770K | by Legit Reviews (Jun, 2013)Futuremark 3DMark has three primary benchmark tests that you can run and which test you should be running depends on the system that you are benchmarking on.
Passmark (Single Core)
Core i7 4770K
2,165
4790K
2,534
Core i7 4770K | by Legit Reviews (Jun, 2013)If you look closer at the results for Cloud Gate you'll see that AMD won in the graphics tests, but lost in the Physics test, so Futuremark 3DMark must have more weight on the physics test than the GPU test in this test scenario.
Reviews Word on the street
| Core i7 4770K | vs | 4790K | ||
| 7.0 | 8.0 | 4790K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i7 4770K | vs | 4790K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 4 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 4.4 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
| Is unlocked | Yes | Yes | |
| Is hyperthreaded | Yes | Yes | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | No | No | |
| Has vitualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction-set-extensions | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| FMA3 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| EM64T | |||
| F16C | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
gpu | |||
| GPU | GPU | GPU | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics 4600 | Intel® HD Graphics 4600 | |
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 | |
| GPU clock speed | 350 MHz | 350 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,250 MHz | 1,250 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1600 | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
| Supports ECC | No | No | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,600 MB/s | 25,600 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 32,768 MB | 32,768 MB | |
details | Core i7 4770K | vs | 4790K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 8 | 8 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nms | 22 nms | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72.72°C | Unknown - 72.72°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.47 GHz | 4.61 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.66 GHz | 4.84 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 6,694.4 | 6,925.3 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.47 GHz | 4.61 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 84W | 88W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 20.24 $/year | 21.2 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 73.58 $/year | 77.09 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 13.14 pt/W | 15.09 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 68.25W | 71.5W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI | FSB | |
| Number of links | 0 | 0 | |
| Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s | |
| Intel Core i7 4770K | Intel 4790K |
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