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4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.6GHz, Haswell.
Release date: Q2 2014.

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Effective Speed 
+19%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 285,345 user samples
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255,027 User Benchmarks
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: 371st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
30,318 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 95% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 74% Great: 95%
SPEED RANK: 184th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		71.4 % 84.8 % Faster effective speed.
+19%
Average Score 
+41%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		82.6 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+7% 		77.4 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		98.4 Pts 140 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+42%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		187 Pts 272 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+45%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		327 Pts 495 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+51%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		482 Pts 821 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+70%
Overclocked Score 
+37%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		93.6 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+6% 		88.1 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		109 Pts 150 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+38%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		214 Pts 296 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+38%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		377 Pts 563 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+49%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		551 Pts 905 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+64%
Value & Sentiment 
+433%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.7 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,650% 		0.04 %
Value
Value For Money 		87.1 % Better value.
+10% 		79.1 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		61 % Slightly more popular.
+9% 		56 %
Price
Price (score) 		$135 Much cheaper.
+62% 		$359
Nice To Haves 
+91%
Age
Newest 		119 Months 45+ Months Much more recent.
+62%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		556 Pts 1127 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+103%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		495 Pts 1029 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+108%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 71.4%
Average Bench 84.8%
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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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The XT series of Ryzen CPUs barely outperform their cheaper X and non-X counterparts: 3600, 3600X, 3800X, 3900X. Outside of encoding workloads such as UserBenchmark 64-core, Cinebench, Blender-CPU and Handbrake-CPU the Ryzen architecture remains limited by relatively high latency and the associated gaming bottleneck (frame drops). Dedicated hardware such as NVENC or QuickSync remains far more efficient than CPU cores for encoding. CPU based encoding is akin to using hair clippers on a lawn. The best value CPU amongst the Ryzen range is the 3300X which is the first design to focus on delivering lower latency, and therefore better performance where users need it, rather than “Moar Coars”. Aside from the army of anonymous influencers on social media (reddit, forums, youtube etc.), users will be hard pressed to find rational arguments that favor the XT variants over their cheaper predecessors. [Jul '20 CPUPro]

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