Cast your vote Do you agree or disagree with CPUBoss?

Thanks for adding your opinion. Follow us on Facebook to stay up to date with the latest news!
VS

Intel Core i7 6700

Front view of Intel Core i7 6700
Front view of Intel Core i7 4790

Intel Core i7 4790

Join the discussion

Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Core i7 6700

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i7 6700

Report a correction
Much better 3DMark06 CPU score 76 vs 70.7 More than 5% better 3DMark06 CPU score
Significantly newer manufacturing process 14 nm vs 22 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
Lower typical power consumption 52.81W vs 68.25W Around 25% lower typical power consumption
Newer Jul, 2015 vs May, 2014 Release date over 1 years later
Lower annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year vs 73.58 $/year Around 25% lower annual commercial energy cost
Lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year vs 20.24 $/year Around 25% lower annual home energy cost
Front view of Intel Core i7 4790

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i7 4790

Report a correction
Much better performance per dollar 2.97 pt/$ vs 0.87 pt/$ Around 3.5x better performance per dollar
Much better CompuBench 1.5 ocean surface simulation score 225.9 fps vs -1 fps Around 22700% better CompuBench 1.5 ocean surface simulation score
Higher clock speed 3.6 GHz vs 3.4 GHz More than 5% higher clock speed
Much better performance per watt 10.77 pt/W vs 4.09 pt/W Around 2.8x better performance per watt
Better turbo clock speed 1,200 MHz vs 1,150 MHz Around 5% better turbo clock speed

Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 6700 vs 4790

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6700
31.77 mHash/s
Core i7 4790
15.62 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i7 6700
-1 mPixels/s
Core i7 4790
16.69 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Ocean surface simulation) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6700
-1 fps
Core i7 4790
225.9 fps

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6700
1.7 fps
Core i7 4790
1.96 fps

CompuBench 1.5 (Video composition) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6700
11.57 fps
Core i7 4790
12.13 fps

3D Mark 06 (CPU)

Core i7 6700
76
Core i7 4790
70.7

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 6700
10,038
Core i7 4790
9,996

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 6700
2,159
Core i7 4790
2,284

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 6700  vs
4790 
Clock speed 3.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo clock speed 4 GHz 4 GHz
Cores Quad core Quad core
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
DDR3L-1600
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 65,536 MB 32,768 MB

details

 Core i7 6700  vs
4790 
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 14 nm 22 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Operating temperature Unknown - 71°C Unknown - 72.72°C

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 530 Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Number of displays supported 3 3
GPU clock speed 350 MHz 350 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,150 MHz 1,200 MHz

power consumption
TDP 65W 84W
Annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year 20.24 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year 73.58 $/year
Performance per watt 4.09 pt/W 10.77 pt/W
Typical power consumption 52.81W 68.25W

bus
Architecture FSB DMI 2.0
Number of links 1 0
Transfer rate 8,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s
Intel Core i7 6700
Report a correction
Intel Core i7 4790
Report a correction

Comments

Showing 3 comments.
Guest (05:58 PM, February 25, 2020)
El 6700 es una basura, 2 generaciones después y no mejora, al revés, empeora. Los 4790 salieron excelentes y duraderos en el tiempo
Fernando Vazquez (09:50 PM, April 11, 2018)
Me too
Guest (08:07 AM, March 6, 2018)
I'll go for the i7 4790. Haswell for me.
comments powered by Disqus

features

information

  • terms and privacy
  • about
  • blog

on the web

CPUBoss