Intel Core i7 4790K vs AMD Opteron 6224 |
Released April, 2014
Intel Core i7 4790K
- 4 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i7 4790K
 | Significantly higher clock speed 4 GHz | | Significantly newer manufacturing process 22 nm |
| | Significantly lower typical power consumption 71.5W | | Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 77.09 $/year |
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AMD Opteron 6224
- 3.2 GHz
- Octa core
Reasons to buy the AMD Opteron 6224
| | Much more l2 cache 8 MB | | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 4 |
| | More l3 cache 16 MB | | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 4 GHz | vs | 3.2 GHz | Around 25% higher clock speed | |||
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| Significantly newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Significantly lower typical power consumption | 71.5W | vs | 93.44W | Around 25% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 77.09 $/year | vs | 100.74 $/year | Around 25% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 21.2 $/year | vs | 27.7 $/year | Around 25% lower annual home energy cost | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 8 MB | vs | 1 MB | 8x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
| More l3 cache | 16 MB | vs | 8 MB | 2x more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | 4x more l2 cache per core | |||
| More cores | 8 | vs | 4 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
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Features Key features of the Core i7 4790K vs Opteron 6224
clock speed
L2 cache
L3 cache
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i7 4790K | vs | Opteron 6224 |
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| Clock speed | 4 GHz | 3.2 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Octa 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 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
details | Core i7 4790K | vs | Opteron 6224 |
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| Threads | 8 | 8 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 8 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 16 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 32 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 4 | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 88W | 115W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 21.2 $/year | 27.7 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 77.09 $/year | 100.74 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 71.5W | 93.44W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI 2.0 | HyperTransport 3.0 | |
| Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 6,400 MT/s | |
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