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Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Core i7-4790

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700KF

Rank 2 - 58 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700KF

Rank 2 - 33 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

404 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

230 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

3,474 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

986 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

92 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

51 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

806 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

231 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,547 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

974 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

14,732 pts

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,564 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

2,213

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,217

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

10,731

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,081

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

612 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

384 cb

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

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,794

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

981

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

5,709 cb

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,819 cb

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

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

10,765

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,732

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

215

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

639

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

403

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.60 GHz

6,240

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

2,062

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

Monero Hashrate
94 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	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i7-4790
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 11000 (22)	Intel Core i 4000 (64)
Architecture	Rocket Lake S	Haswell S
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 1150
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-10700KF
Successor	Intel Core i7-12700KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i7-4790
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	4x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	5.00 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.50 GHz	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	4.00 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i7-4790
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.20 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	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i7-4790
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i7-4790
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i7-4790
TDP	125 W	84 W
TDP (PL2)	251 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down	95 W
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i7-4790
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2021	Q2/2014
Release price	323 $	280 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C / 16T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-4790
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★