CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 4790 vs 4690 among desktop CPUs (over 75W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i7 4790
9.8
Core i5 4690
9.1
Core i7 4790K
10.0
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Core i7 4790
10.0
Core i5 4690
10.0
Core i7 4790K
10.0
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i7 4790
1.6
Core i5 4690
1.5
Core i7 4790K
1.7
Fire Strike

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i7 4790
3.4
Core i5 4690
3.1
Core i7 4790K
3.6
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i7 4790
8.8
Core i5 4690
8.6
Core i7 4790K
8.7
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i7 4790
5.1
Core i5 4690
5.7
Core i7 4790K
5.4
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 4790 vs i5 4690

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4790
15.62 mHash/s
Core i5 4690
15.4 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4790
1.96 fps
Core i5 4690
1.59 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4790
3,288
Core i5 4690
3,169

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4790
3,588
Core i5 4690
3,486

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4790
7,674
Core i5 4690
6,964

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4790
13,718
Core i5 4690
11,272

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4790
3,632
Core i5 4690
3,527

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4790
4,570,000 MB/s
Core i5 4690
4,870,000 MB/s

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 4790  vs
i5 4690 
Clock speed 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo clock speed 4 GHz 3.9 GHz
Cores Quad core Quad core
Socket type
LGA 1150
Is unlocked No No

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
F16C
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
EM64T
SSE
SSE4.1
FMA3
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-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 4790  vs
i5 4690 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 8 4
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 8 MB 6 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm 22 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 36 32
Operating temperature Unknown - 72.72°C Unknown - 72.72°C

integrated graphics
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 1,200 MHz 1,200 MHz

power consumption
TDP 84W 84W
Annual home energy cost 20.24 $/year 20.24 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 73.58 $/year 73.58 $/year
Performance per watt 10.77 pt/W 11 pt/W
Typical power consumption 68.25W 68.25W

bus
Architecture DMI 2.0 DMI 2.0
Number of links 0 0
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s
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Comments

Showing 3 comments.
Jerry Martinez (05:41 AM, April 3, 2016)
basically it comes down to what you are doing if its just gaming go with the i5 but if you are a content creator/prosumer then i would choose the i7
Ayush (06:15 AM, February 27, 2016)
The price is incorrect everywhere on this website, so I recommend you to check them manually. They auto-detect the price from Amazon, and it is often misplaced by a PC having that specific processor.
ir (06:55 AM, September 7, 2014)
The price is incorrectly link to Intel Core i5-4440 Haswell Quad-Core 3.1GHz
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