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AMD EPYC 7262 vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 99 %

AMD EPYC 7262

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4790K

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD EPYC 7262

Rank 2 - 40 %

Intel Core i7-4790K

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.40 GHz

398 cb

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

411 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.40 GHz

1,064

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

1,073

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.40 GHz

9,685

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

4,001

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD EPYC 7262	Intel Core i7-4790K
Family	AMD EPYC (147)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	AMD EPYC 7002 (25)	Intel Core i 4000 (DC) (2)
Architecture	Rome (Zen 2)	Devils Canyon S
Technology	7 nm	22 nm
Segment	Server	Desktop
Socket	SP3	LGA 1150
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD EPYC 7262	Intel Core i7-4790K
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	4x
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.40 GHz	4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.40 GHz	4.20 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	128.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD EPYC 7262	Intel Core i7-4790K
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.25 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	20 / 160
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		2 GB
Technology		22 nm
Release date		Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD EPYC 7262	Intel Core i7-4790K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD EPYC 7262	Intel Core i7-4790K
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory		32 GB
Memory channels	8	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 128	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	252.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD EPYC 7262	Intel Core i7-4790K
TDP	155 W	88 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	AMD EPYC 7262	Intel Core i7-4790K
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2019	Q2/2014
Release price	990 $	310 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD EPYC 7262 is 5.0 stars (2 ratings), while Intel Core i7-4790K has received 4.4 stars (129 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD EPYC 7262
8C / 16T · 3.20 - 3.40 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-4790K
4C / 8T · 4.00 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★