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Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i7-13700KF

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 - 44 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-13700KF

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 18 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-13700KF

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

230 pts

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

495 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

986 pts

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

6,207 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

51 pts

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

126 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

231 pts

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

1,602 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

974 pts

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

2,126 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,564 pts

16C / 24T · 5.30 GHz

30,766 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,217

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

2,787

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,081

16C / 24T · 5.30 GHz

17,208

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

384 cb

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

815 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

981

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

2,065

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,819 cb

16C / 24T · 5.30 GHz

11,831 cb

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

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,732

16C / 24T · 5.30 GHz

18,402

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

16C / 24T · 5.30 GHz

430

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

145 cb

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

310 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

728 cb

16C / 24T · 5.30 GHz

4,639 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

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-13700KF
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)	Intel Core i 13000 (18)
Architecture	Haswell S	Raptor Lake S
Technology	22 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-12700KF
Successor		Intel Core i7-14700KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-13700KF
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	16 / 24
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x 3.60 - 4.00 GHz	8x Raptor Cove 3.40 - 5.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Gracemont 2.50 - 4.20 GHz
L2-Cache		24.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	30.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-13700KF
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 i7-13700KF
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-13700KF
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	192 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
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 i7-13700KF
TDP	84 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		253 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-13700KF
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	Q4/2022
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 i7-13700KF
16C / 24T · 3.40 - 5.40 GHz

★★★★★