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Intel Core i7-4790 vs AMD A6-6400K

Last updated: 2026-07-01

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 i7-4790

Rank 2 - 48 %

AMD A6-6400K

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 2 - 24 %

AMD A6-6400K

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

981

2C / 2T · 4.10 GHz

471

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,819 cb

2C / 2T · 4.10 GHz

252 cb

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

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,732

2C / 2T · 4.10 GHz

723

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4600

384

AMD Radeon HD 8470D

307

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

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

2,062

2C / 2T · 3.90 GHz

370

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	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD A6-6400K
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD A (112)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)	AMD A6-6000 (3)
Architecture	Haswell S	Richland (Piledriver)
Technology	22 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	FM2
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD A6-6400K
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	2 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	2x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz	4.10 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	1.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD A6-6400K
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	AMD Radeon HD 8470D
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz	0.80 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	3 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Technology	22 nm	32 nm
Release date	Q2/2013	Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD A6-6400K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD A6-6400K
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD A6-6400K
TDP	84 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD A6-6400K
Chip design	Monolithic	Unknown
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release date	Q2/2014	Q2/2013
Release price	280 $	55 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-4790 is 4.4 stars (153 ratings), while AMD A6-6400K has received 4.5 stars (11 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

AMD A6-6400K
2C / 2T · 3.90 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★