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Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i5-8600K

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 2 - 78 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-8600K

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 68 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-8600K

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

51 pts

6C / 6T · 4.30 GHz

69 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

231 pts

6C / 6T · 4.30 GHz

391 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

974 pts

6C / 6T · 4.30 GHz

1,261 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,564 pts

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

6,832 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,217

6C / 6T · 4.30 GHz

1,532

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,081

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

5,831

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

384 cb

6C / 6T · 4.30 GHz

406 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

981

6C / 6T · 4.30 GHz

1,251

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,819 cb

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

2,181 cb

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

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,732

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

5,631

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4600

384

Intel UHD Graphics 630

442

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

460.0 s

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

374.8 s

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

403

6C / 6T · 4.30 GHz

506

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

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

2,062

6C / 6T · 3.60 GHz

2,731

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

145 cb

6C / 6T · 4.30 GHz

183 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

728 cb

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,040 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

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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i5-8600K
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)	Intel Core i 8000 (20)
Architecture	Haswell S	Coffee Lake S
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-7600K
Successor		Intel Core i5-9600K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i5-8600K
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	6x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz	4.10 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	9.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i5-8600K
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	64 GB
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2013	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i5-8600K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i5-8600K
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i5-8600K
TDP	84 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i5-8600K
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
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	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2014	Q4/2017
Release price	280 $	295 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-8600K
6C / 6T · 3.60 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★