| Name: | Intel Core i7-4790K |
| Family: | Intel Core i7 |
| Group: | Intel Core i 4000 |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 4 |
Intel Core i7-4790K Benchmark, Test and specs
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CPU lineage
The Intel Core i7-4790K features 4 processor cores and has the capability to manage 8 threads concurrently. It was released in Q2/2014 and belongs to the 4 generation of the Intel Core i7 series. To use the Intel Core i7-4790K, you'll need a motherboard with a LGA 1150 socket.
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Intel Core i7-4790K has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-4790K is 4.0 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 4.4 GHz.
| CPU Cores: | 4 |
| Threads: | 8 |
| Cores: | 4x |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Hyperthreading: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | Yes |
| Frequency: | 4.0 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 core): | 4.4 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (all cores): | 4.2 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i7-4790K has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-4790K uses the Intel HD Graphics 4600, which has 160 texture shaders and 20 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics 4600 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.35 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.25 GHz |
| Execution units: | 20 |
| Shaders: | 160 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 2.0 GB |
| Max. displays: | -- |
| Generation: | 7.5 |
| Direct X: | 11.1 |
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Release date: | Q2/2013 |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | No |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | No |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode |
Memory & PCIe
The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 32.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
| Memory type: | |
| Max. Memory: | 32.0 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 |
| Bandwidth: | 25.6 GB/s |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | pci |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal Management
The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 88 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 88 W |
| TDP (PL2): | None |
| TDP up: | None |
| TDP down: | None |
| Tjunction max: | -- |
Technical details
The Intel Core i7-4790K is manufactured using a 22 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 8.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | LGA 1150 |
| L2-Cache: | 0 bytes |
| L3-Cache: | 8.0 MB |
| Architecture: | Devils Canyon S |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date: | Q2/2014 |
| Release price: | 310 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
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Benchmarks
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
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Intel Core i7-5775C
4C 8T @ 3.3 GHz
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16986
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Intel Core i7-7700
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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16932
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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16686
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Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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16602
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Intel Core i5-9500T
6C 6T @ 2.2 GHz
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16580
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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8086
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Intel Core i5-8259U
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
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8061
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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8058
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Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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8051
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Intel Core i5-1035G4
4C 8T @ 1.1 GHz
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8050
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
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Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
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4995
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Intel Core i5-8259U
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
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4986
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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4936
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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4921
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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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4832
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
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Intel Core i5-10400T
6C 12T @ 2.0 GHz
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4687
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Intel Core i7-8559U
4C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
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4682
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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4674
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Intel Core i7-6700K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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4665
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Intel Xeon D-1540
8C 16T @ 2.0 GHz
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4663
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
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Intel Core i7-7700T
4C 8T @ 2.9 GHz
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4314
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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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4309
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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4302
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Intel Core i3-7350K
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
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4301
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AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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4295
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
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Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5
4C 8T @ 2.9 GHz
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4024
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Intel Core i7-5775R
4C 8T @ 3.3 GHz
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4002
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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4001
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Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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3994
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Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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3986
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V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark
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Intel Core i7-1185G7
4C 8T @ 3.0 GHz
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3812
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AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
6C 6T @ 2.3 GHz
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3811
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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3765
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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3710
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Intel Core i3-10100F
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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3602
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
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Intel Core i5-1135G7
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
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2315
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Intel Core i7-6700K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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2313
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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2311
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Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
8C 16T @ 2.0 GHz
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2307
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Intel Core i5-10200H
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
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2301
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
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Intel Core i3-10300T
4C 8T @ 3.0 GHz
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2001
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Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.2 GHz
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1986
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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1982
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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1969
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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1969
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
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Intel Core i7-8559U
4C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
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1390
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Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
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1389
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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1387
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Intel Core i3-9300T
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
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1385
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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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1384
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
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AMD EPYC 7502
32C 64T @ 2.5 GHz
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1074
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Intel Core i5-1030NG7
4C 8T @ 1.1 GHz
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1073
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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1073
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Intel Core i5-1030NG7
4C 8T @ 1.1 GHz
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1073
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Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6
4C 8T @ 3.0 GHz
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1072
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.7 GHz
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1071
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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1071
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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1069
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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1068
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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1068
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
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Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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866
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Intel Core i3-10100T
4C 8T @ 3.0 GHz
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862
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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854
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Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2
6C 12T @ 2.6 GHz
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846
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Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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844
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
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AMD Ryzen 3 3100
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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457
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Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
|
456
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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456
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Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
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456
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Intel Core i7-9750H
6C 12T @ 2.6 GHz
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451
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C 32T @ 3.4 GHz
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411
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.7 GHz
|
411
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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411
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Intel Core i5-8400
6C 6T @ 2.8 GHz
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411
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.7 GHz
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411
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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
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Intel Core i7-8809G
4C 8T @ 3.1 GHz
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415.8
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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409.7
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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407
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AMD EPYC 7702
64C 128T @ 2.0 GHz
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403.9
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Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
6C 12T @ 3.5 GHz
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403.8
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
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Intel Atom x6425E
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
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400
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Intel Core i5-4310M
2C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
|
400
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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400
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Intel Core i5-4300M
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
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400
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Intel Core i7-4770K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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400
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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169
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Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
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169
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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169
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
|
169
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Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
|
169
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Blender 3.1 Benchmark
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Intel Core i7-5820K
6C 12T @ 3.3 GHz
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88
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Intel Core i3-10105
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
|
86
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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84
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Intel Core i7-6700K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
|
82
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Intel Core i5-8400
6C 6T @ 2.8 GHz
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79
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
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Intel Core i3-8145U
2C 4T @ 2.1 GHz
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34
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Intel Core i7-4770K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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33.4
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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33.4
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Intel Core i7-4770K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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33.4
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Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
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33.3
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
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Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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9.7
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Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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9.7
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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9.7
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Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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9.7
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Intel Core i5-9400H
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
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9.5
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
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2.0
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|
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Intel Core i7-8565U
4C 8T @ 1.8 GHz
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2.0
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|
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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2.0
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Intel Core i7-8565U
4C 8T @ 1.8 GHz
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2.0
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
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2.0
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