Intel Core i7 4790 vs AMD Athlon II Neo R34L |
Released May, 2014
Intel Core i7 4790
- 3.6 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i7 4790
 | Much higher clock speed 3.6 GHz | | Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm |
| | More threads 8 | | More cores 4 |
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Released April, 2010
AMD Athlon II Neo R34L
- 1 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II Neo R34L
| | Much lower typical power consumption 6.5W | | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core |
| | Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature 95 °C | | Much lower annual home energy cost 1.93 $/year |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much higher clock speed | 3.6 GHz | vs | 1 GHz | More than 3.5x higher clock speed | |||
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| More threads | 8 | vs | 1 | 7 more threads | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Newer | May, 2014 | vs | Apr, 2010 | Release date over 4 years later | |||
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 6.5W | vs | 68.25W | 10.5x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | 4x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature | 95 °C | vs | 72.72 °C | More than 30% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 1.93 $/year | vs | 20.24 $/year | 10.5x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 7.01 $/year | vs | 73.58 $/year | 10.5x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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Features Key features of the Core i7 4790 vs Athlon II Neo R34L
clock speed
L2 cache
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i7 4790 | vs | Athlon II Neo R34L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 1 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Single core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| F16C | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| EM64T | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| FMA3 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| AES | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
details | Core i7 4790 | vs | Athlon II Neo R34L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 8 | 1 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72.72°C | Unknown - 95°C | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 84W | 8W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 20.24 $/year | 1.93 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 73.58 $/year | 7.01 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 68.25W | 6.5W | |
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