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Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i7-12700KF

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 - 49 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700KF

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 23 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700KF

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

230 pts

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

488 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

986 pts

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

5,132 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

51 pts

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

114 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

231 pts

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,175 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

974 pts

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,939 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,564 pts

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

22,812 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,217

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

2,528

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,081

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,129

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

384 cb

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

757 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

981

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,872

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,819 cb

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

8,750 cb

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

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,732

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,992

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

319

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

403

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

787

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

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

2,062

12C / 20T · 3.60 GHz

7,822

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

145 cb

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

286 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

728 cb

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

3,327 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

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 i7-12700KF
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Haswell S	Alder Lake S
Technology	22 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-11700KF
Successor		Intel Core i7-13700KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-12700KF
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	12 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x 3.60 - 4.00 GHz	8x Golden Cove 3.60 - 5.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 2.70 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-12700KF
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	Intel Core i7-12700KF
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-12700KF
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-12700KF
TDP	84 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		190 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-12700KF
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, AVX2+
Release date	Q2/2014	Q4/2021
Release price	280 $	384 $
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 i7-12700KF
12C / 20T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★