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Intel Core i7-4790 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

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 - 75 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 11 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

51 pts

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

74 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

231 pts

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

3,302 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

974 pts

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

1,284 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,564 pts

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

64,355 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,217

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

1,639

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,081

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

15,832

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

384 cb

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

495 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

981

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

1,219

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,819 cb

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

24,763 cb

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

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,732

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

34,670

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

1,087

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

460.0 s

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

28.9 s

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

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

2,062

64C / 128T · 2.90 GHz

26,731

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

145 cb

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

200 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

728 cb

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

10,542 cb

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 i7-4790	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)
Architecture	Haswell S	Castle Peak (Zen 2)
Technology	22 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	TRX4 (sTRX4)
Predecessor		AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	64 / 128
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	64x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	2.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz	3.20 GHz
L2-Cache		32.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	256.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	no iGPU
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 i7-4790	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	2048 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	4.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
TDP	84 W	280 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
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, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q2/2014	Q1/2020
Release price	280 $	3990 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C / 128T · 2.90 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★