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Best Bench: 77% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 47% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 47% Great: 77%

SPEED RANK: 452^nd / 1442

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 51%

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Best Bench: 80% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 58% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 58% Great: 80%

SPEED RANK: 371^st / 1442

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 58%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		67.6 %			71.4 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +6%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	78.7 Pts		82.6 Pts	+5%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	100 Pts	+2%	98.4 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	201 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +7%	187 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	324 Pts		327 Pts	+1%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	345 Pts		482 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +40%


Memory OC Memory Latency	90.9 Pts		93.6 Pts	+3%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	112 Pts	+3%	109 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	222 Pts	+4%	214 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	399 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +6%	377 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	412 Pts		551 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +34%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.14 %		0.86 %	Hugely higher market share. +514%
Value Value For Money	82.9 %		87.1 %	Slightly better value. +5%
User Rating UBM User Rating	63 %	+3%	61 %
Price Price (score)	$132	+2%	$135


Age Newest	103 Months	More recent. +13%	119 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	More energy efficient. +23%	84 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		8 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz		3.6 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +9%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.9 GHz		4 GHz	+3%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	414 Pts		556 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +34%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	350 Pts		495 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +41%


Series CPU Architecture	Skylake	Haswell
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA1150
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 530	HD 4600
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'15	Q2'14
Cache Cache	6 MB SmartCache	8 MB SmartCache
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$213.00 - $224.00	$303.00 - $312.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.9 GHz	4 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	5 GT/s DMI2
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification	PCG 2015C (65W)	PCG 2013D
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	64 GB	32 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 530	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Graphics Output Graphics Output	eDP/DP/HDMI/DVI	eDP/DP/HDMI/DVI/VGA
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.15 GHz	1.2 GHz
Graphics Video Max Memory Graphics Video Max Memory	64 GB	2 GB
Graphics and IMC Lithography Graphics and IMC Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
TSX-NI Intel® TSX-NI	Yes	No
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3.0	Up to 3.0
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The Core i7-4790 is the third upgrade to Intel's flagship quad core hyper-threaded CPU. This version, like its predecessor the i7-4771, gets a 100 MHz bump in stock frequency and additionally the i7-4790 also gets a 100 MHz turbo frequency bump. These improvements (~4%) are marginal and practically impossible to discern in day to day use. Looking at a benchmark comparison between the 4771 and 4790 verifies that there is little difference between the two CPUs. Although the i7-4790 isn't much of a step forward, it's still one of the best (locked) mainstream processors on the market. AMD hasn't been able to compete with Intel on single threaded performance for several years, consequently Intel have no need to push the envelope. Overclockers should wait for the 4790K which is rumoured to be released shortly. ^{[May '14 CPUPro]}

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