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Intel Core i7-4790 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700

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 2 - 47 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 7700

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 24 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 7700

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

230 pts

8C / 16T · 5.30 GHz

471 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

986 pts

8C / 16T · 5.30 GHz

4,406 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

51 pts

8C / 16T · 5.30 GHz

108 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

231 pts

8C / 16T · 5.30 GHz

1,050 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

974 pts

8C / 16T · 5.30 GHz

1,932 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,564 pts

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

19,540 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,217

8C / 16T · 5.30 GHz

2,769

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,081

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

14,690

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

384 cb

8C / 16T · 5.30 GHz

744 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

981

8C / 16T · 5.30 GHz

2,177

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,819 cb

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

7,739 cb

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

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,732

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

14,026

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4600

384

AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)

563

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

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 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

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)	AMD Ryzen 7000 (18)
Architecture	Haswell S	Raphael (Zen 4)
Technology	22 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	AM5 (LGA 1718)
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	8x Zen 4
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	5.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz	4.60 GHz
L2-Cache		8.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	32.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz	0.40 - 2.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	2 / 128
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	8 GB
Technology	22 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q2/2013	Q3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 24
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	94.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
TDP	84 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		88 W
TDP up		170 W
TDP down
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release date	Q2/2014	Q1/2023
Release price	280 $	329 $
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 Intel Core i7-4790 is 4.4 stars (153 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 7 7700 has received 4.6 stars (252 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 7 7700
8C / 16T · 3.80 - 5.30 GHz

★★★★★